[coryrc]

When I'm writing Python at Google, and get yet another error because my Python or Markdown line exceeds 80 characters, and read the fights on the mailing lists about changing the limit, I think Go was created because it was easier to create a whole new language than get the line length increased for Python.

[throwaway894345]

Why do you get errors rather than auto-formatting (in the editor or in CI) and moving on with your day? I would have thought Google would have this sorted already?

[coryrc]

I know! Usually the editor autoformats on save and while typing, but there are some edge cases where the regular incremental formatter fails but it's rare enough that I don't reflexively hit the "format all files" button and then get caught out by pre-submit tests.