Hacker News Reader

To waste something there needs to be a finite amount of it in the first place.

Considering the large number of coding standards that mandate the placement on a new line, tossing out readability because it doesn't matter to you seems short sighted.

View on HN

There is a finite amount of vertical space on one's screen, and thus a finite number of lines of code that can be displayed simultaneously without scrolling. Reducing the amount of scrolling that needs to be done to view the entire body of a method can itself be an improvement to readability.

I would argue that fitting the most lines on the screen as possible is not a noble goal. Whitespace is very important for readability.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com