988736 - add the informal "wrap lines longer than 80 characters" to the perl style guide

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Bugzilla :: bugzilla.org, defect)

Description

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for as long as i can remember there's been an informal rule that perl code should be wrapped around 80 characters long.

this isn't documented anywhere, which means it isn't actually a policy.

i propose adding the following to our perl style guide section:

"Line Length - You shouldn't extend lines past 80 characters if possible, and must not exceed 100 characters".


i'm keen to avoid opening up a debate about if this rule is a good one or not; the point of this bug is to just formalise the current rule to help new contributors and reviewers.

Comment 1

[Dylan Hardison [:dylan] (he/him)]

bugzilla should follow PBP without exception -- specifically whatever perltidy -pbp does. This includes 80 column lines.