Perl Style: Avoid Gratuitous Backslashes

Jan 1, 1998 by Tom Christiansen

• Perl lets you choose your own delimiters on quotes and patterns to avoid Leaning Toothpick Syndrome. Use them.

      m#^/usr/spool/m(ail|queue)#
  
      qq(Moms said, "That's all, $kid.")
  
      tr[a-z]
        [A-Z];
  
      s { /          }{::}gx;
      s { \.p(m|od)$ }{}x;
  

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