Perl Style: From Perlstyle (part 1)

Jan 1, 1998 by Tom Christiansen

• 4-column indent. Make your editor help you! [DEMO]
• Opening curly on same line as keyword, if possible; otherwise line up.
• Space before the opening curly of a multi-line BLOCK.
• One-line BLOCK may be put on one line, including curlies.
• No space before the semicolon.
• Semicolon omitted in `short’ one-line BLOCK.
• Space around most operators.
• Space around a `complex’ subscript (inside brackets).
• Blank lines between chunks that do different things.
• Uncuddled elses.

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