NAME

perlstyle - Perl style guide


DESCRIPTION

Style

Each programmer will, of course, have his or her own preferences in regards to formatting, but there are some general guidelines that will make your programs easier to read, understand, and maintain.

Regarding aesthetics of code lay out, about the only thing Larry cares strongly about is that the closing curly brace of a multi-line BLOCK should line up with the keyword that started the construct. Beyond that, he has other preferences that aren't so strong:

Larry has his reasons for each of these things, but he doen't claim that.everyone else's mind works the same as his does.

Here are some other more substantive style issues to think about:

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