Re: Is 78 characters still a good option? Was: [Haskell-cafe] breaking too long lines

Miguel Mitrofanov writes:

On 24 Apr 2009, at 16:37, Loup Vaillant wrote:

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2009/4/23 Miguel Mitrofanov :

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On 23 Apr 2009, at 12:17, Thomas Davie wrote:

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Haskell is a very horizontal language, and to limit our horizontal space seems pretty weird.

+1. I sometimes use lines up to 200 characters long, when I feel they would be more readable.

200 sounds awfully long. Do you have any example?

Something like

newtype MyCoolMonad = MyCoolMonad (FirstTransformer (SecondTransformer (ThirdTransformer Whatever))) deriving (Functor, Monad, FirstClass, SecondClass, ThirdClass, SomeOtherClass)

Nobody would be really interested in "deriving" clause, because it basically says "derive everything possible". Therefore, it seems pointless to move it to another line.

You don't write lisp, do you? Or probably it is just me. But I would prefer to write the line as newtype MyCoolMonad = MyCoolMonad (FirstTransformer (SecondTransformer (ThirdTransformer Whatever))) deriving (Functor, Monad, FirstClass, SecondClass, ThirdClass, SomeOtherClass) It is just so much clearer than a one liner. I'd like to hear what people think about it, comparing to newtype MyCoolMonad = MyCoolMonad (FirstTransformer (SecondTransformer (ThirdTransformer Whatever))) deriving (Functor, Monad, FirstClass, SecondClass, ThirdClass, SomeOtherClass) (Yes, I rewrote it so it actually is in one line. You email editor clearly fooled you.) P.S. I moved your reply down below the citation to make this email easier to understand. -- c/* __o/* <\ * (__ */\ <