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by Deestan 4905 days ago
I generally disapprove of >80 width lines, but there are some cases in which they don't bother me, and that is boilerplate-ish code that you generally don't have to read all of to understand what it's for. For example macro-heavy C++ header definitions where each line ends in the same massive pile of definition.

The important bit for me seems to be that the stuff you have to read and understand should be in the <80 area.