Should we change the "AVOID lines longer than 80 characters" rule?

[srawlins]

Effective Dart says AVOID lines longer than 80 characters.

But with dart-lang/dart_style#1571 and dart-lang/dart_style#1157, adding the ability to configure a page width, I'm wondering if this will change? Maybe not. I think it'd be good to record a formal decision either way.

@munificent

[munificent]

Good question!

Personally, I still think Dart code looks best at 80 columns, and having that page width encourage users to use concise names and not create hugely nested expressions. But reasonable people seem to disagree with that.

Probably the best thing is to simply remove that rule.

[parlough]

As a note, we could also change the rule to a CONSIDER if it's still thought of as a valuable suggestion.

Or we could introduce a new rule to "PREFER a consistent page width" and suggest the default but link to the docs about configuring it for the project.