Ugh. 80 is the worst. For C++ it’s entirely unreasonable. I definitely can not reconcile “linters make code easier to read” and “80 width is good”. Those are mutually exclusive imho.

What I actually want from a linter is “120, unless the trailing bits aren’t interesting in which case 140+ is fine”. The ideal rule isn’t hard and fast! It’s not pure science. There’s an art to it.