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by kmod 682 days ago
A while ago I talked with someone who was working on clang-format and they said they tried this (at Google, I think) and the results were not good: they found people write different code depending on the format. For example, code written to fit in 120 columns but then formatted to 80 columns will look worse than code written for 80 columns, due to minor variations in verbosity and variable names and what not.

I notice this myself a bit when I switch from a fullsize monitor to a laptop screen.