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I mostly press Enter in column 81 (Even with comments),
So I selected 2nd choice, however first one (80) is much simillar but it says 80 or less.

//This is not a signature
while (I'm_alive) {
printf("I Love Programming");
}

Nuff said

Depends on IDE and monitor since my code very rarely viewed by anyone else except myself.

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Ed

Another choice for Depends is

- The font of your code Smile | :)

Most code is 80 or less. But, occasionally I will tack a
comment on the end that stretches the entire line much longer.

I like to be able to read my code without scrolling (horizontally).
But, I don't mind if the comments are more extreme. AND -- I don't
spread out to often.

WedgeSoft

It's the other way around for me. Comments are strictly 80, but sometimes the code goes wider because it's easier to read. This is typical of code where you need to make.a.lot.of.object.derefences.with.long.member.names(with,lots,of,needless,parameters), such as in .NET and Win32 API calls.

I know better than to design my own structures like that.

---
Shawn Poulson
spoulson@explodingcoder.com

Same here.

regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland

FeedHenry needs you

Shog9 wrote:
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.

Shawn Poulson wrote:
make.a.lot.of.object.derefences.with.long.member.names(with,lots,of,needless,parameters)

While I generally try to stay under 120 columns it is not a hard and fast rule. While I will let the deferences strech out a line, I will put the parameters on seperate lines.

make.a.lot.of.object.derefences.with.long.member.names(with,
                                                       lots,
                                                       of,
                                                       needless,
                                                       parameters);

You may be right
I may be crazy
-- Billy Joel --

Within you lies the power for good, use it!!!

I have found that setting long comments off in a separate style helps readibility:

private void AssignID(int newItemIndex)<br />
{<br />
    // Get item added<br />
    TemplateItem itemAdded = this[newItemIndex];<br />
<br />
    /* When existing items are loaded from file, they already <br />
     * have a (non-negative) ID, so we don't assign one. When <br />
     * new items are added to the list, they have a (negative) <br />
     * dummy ID, so we assign an ID to the item. */<br />
<br />
    // Assign ID only if item doesn't have one<br />
    if (itemAdded.ID == -1)<br />
    {<br />
        itemAdded.ID = this.GetNextID();<br />
    }<br />
}

David Veeneman
www.veeneman.com

Option	Votes	%
80 characters wide or less	302	21.90
100 characters wide or less	263	19.07
120 characters wide or less	187	13.56
Some value greater than 120 characters	83	6.02
Depends on the IDE I'm using	109	7.90
Depends on the monitor I'm using	231	16.75
No maximum line length	204	14.79
Total	1,379	100%

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