[docs] Update developer notes to discourage very long lines

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John Newbery 2021-01-22 09:55:13 +00:00
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@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ tool to clean up patches automatically before submission.
on the same line as the `if`, without braces. In every other case,
braces are required, and the `then` and `else` clauses must appear
correctly indented on a new line.
- There's no hard limit on line width, but prefer to keep lines to <100
characters if doing so does not decrease readability. Break up long
function declarations over multiple lines using the Clang Format
[AlignAfterOpenBracket](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.html)
style option.
- **Symbol naming conventions**. These are preferred in new code, but are not
required when doing so would need changes to significant pieces of existing