Perl Style: From Perlstyle (part 1)

  • 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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