Should I not use a ternary expression if it pushes the line over 80 characters?
<p>semantic question here. I like using ternary expressions; for example (and this is a dumb example just to illustrate my question):</p>

<pre><code>    some_int &gt;= 5 ? @description = "This is a pretty long value" : @description = "This value is a little shorter"
</code></pre>

<p>...but the line often gets pretty long. Should I use this instead:</p>

<pre><code>    if some_int &gt;= 5
      @description = "This is a pretty long value"
    else
      @description = "This value is a little shorter"
    end
</code></pre>

<p>Just to keep the individual lines shorter? Does shorter necessarily == more readable? Thanks!</p>