RFC: style cleanup & guidelines for GHC, and related bikeshedding

[Alexander Berntsen]

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On 17/07/14 08:57, Johan Tibell wrote:
> * Wider screens let you have several Emacs buffers next to each 
> other. At 80 chars you can have about 2 buffers next to each other 
> on a 13" screen.
This is my main grief with 100 char lines (which is the Android
standard, by the way). I like to have 6 or 8 files open side by side
(including diffs and other meta-code).

> * The eye has trouble traveling back to the next line if lines get
>  too long (at least when reading prose). Research says around 60-70
>  characters is optimal, if I recall correctly.
66 as far as I remember, but that number is for prose and thus not
*very* relevant, as Manuel points out. But I do think it's a problem
in code too, regardless of the exact number. Being at 80+ is also
often an indication that you're in dire need of refactoring.

So while we're all chiming in, my preferences in order:

  78
  72
  80
  less than 72
  more than 80
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Alexander
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