Autopep8 not breaking long comment lines?
pep8, python
Solution
autopep8 doesn't automatically fix all long lines; it only does it in cases where it's deemed 'safe'. See: https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8/issues/39
Problem
I tried using autopep8 to format some python code, expecting that comment lines above 80 characters would be split up, among other things. I used this test file `test.py`, which only consists of comments: ``` #asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf #asdf asdf asdf asdf #asdf asdf asdf asdf #asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf #asdf asdf asdf asdf #asdf asdf asdf asdf #asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf ``` I then ran `autopep8 test.py` This gives the following output: ``` # asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf # asdf asdf asdf asdf # asdf asdf asdf asdf # asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf # asdf asdf asdf asdf # asdf asdf asdf asdf # asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf # asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf asdf ``` The last long line is split, but the first two aren't. I think all the lines should be broken at 80 characters wide. What am I doing wrong?