> My screen fits 58 lines and 200 columns, yet the reviewer thinks it is better
> to waste the few vertical space avaiable so that we can all enjoy lots of empty
> space on the right of the screen
It's our coding style, not the reviewer's arbitrary preferences.
You cannot use split windows or have code side-by-side if there are 200 chars wide lines (not, auto-wrapped code is not readable) and one cannot assume that everybody uses the same screen resolution, font size, text editor etc as himself.
> My screen fits 58 lines and 200 columns, yet the reviewer thinks it is better
> to waste the few vertical space avaiable so that we can all enjoy lots of empty
> space on the right of the screen
It's our coding style, not the reviewer's arbitrary preferences.
You cannot use split windows or have code side-by-side if there are 200 chars wide lines (not, auto-wrapped code is not readable) and one cannot assume that everybody uses the same screen resolution, font size, text editor etc as himself.