Recommend B950 + 88 char limit instead of 80 (#2050)

[etc/vim.git] / docs / the_black_code_style.md

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@@ -189,22 +189,22 @@ harder to work with line lengths exceeding 100 characters. It also adversely aff
 side-by-side diff review on typical screen resolutions. Long lines also make it harder
 to present code neatly in documentation or talk slides.
 
-If you're using Flake8, you can bump `max-line-length` to 88 and forget about it.
-Alternatively, use [Bugbear](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-bugbear)'s B950 warning
-instead of E501 and keep the max line length at 80 which you are probably already using.
-You'd do it like this:
+If you're using Flake8, you can bump `max-line-length` to 88 and mostly forget about it.
+However, it's better if you use [Bugbear](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-bugbear)'s
+B950 warning instead of E501, and bump the max line length to 88 (or the `--line-length`
+you used for black), which will align more with black's _"try to respect
+`--line-length`, but don't become crazy if you can't"_. You'd do it like this:
 
 ```ini
 [flake8]
-max-line-length = 80
+max-line-length = 88
 ...
 select = C,E,F,W,B,B950
 extend-ignore = E203, E501
 ```
 
-You'll find _Black_'s own .flake8 config file is configured like this. Explanation of
-why E203 is disabled can be found further in this documentation. And if you're curious
-about the reasoning behind B950,
+Explanation of why E203 is disabled can be found further in this documentation. And if
+you're curious about the reasoning behind B950,
 [Bugbear's documentation](https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-bugbear#opinionated-warnings)
 explains it. The tl;dr is "it's like highway speed limits, we won't bother you if you
 overdo it by a few km/h".