[Question] Why max_line_length contains number of indent white space?

[Jaehwa-Noh]

[Question] Why max_line_length contains number of indent white space?

[paul-dingemans]

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I'm an Android developer and I read this guideline.
I don't think document says that including the white space for indent counts into limitation of 100 characters, but ktlint does count that.

The indentation spaces are indeed counted. The idea is that the code never exceeds a certain column position. In the old days monitors were not that wide. By setting the max line length you could avoid that you need to scroll horizontal. Nowadays, monitors are that wide, that you still need a max line length to prevent that some lines get reallly long.