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@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ Get a decent editor and don't leave whitespace at the end of lines.
 Coding style is all about readability and maintainability using commonly
 available tools.
 
-The limit on the length of lines is 80 columns and this is a strongly
+The limit on the length of lines is 96 columns and this is a strongly
 preferred limit.
 
-Statements longer than 80 columns will be broken into sensible chunks,
-unless exceeding 80 columns significantly increases readability and does
+Statements longer than 96 columns will be broken into sensible chunks,
+unless exceeding 96 columns significantly increases readability and does
 not hide information. Descendants are always substantially shorter than
 the parent and are placed substantially to the right. The same applies
 to function headers with a long argument list. However, never break