Darren Duncan wrote:
Given this, there is an obvious (to me) solution for pod blocks in the
middle of expressions like:
my $foo
= $bar;
As the example shows, and I believe best practices espouse, you *indent*
the code line with a leading =.
I'd agree that indentation is good for readability. But I do know (and
regularly use) tools that will "helpfully" strip out leading whitespace.
For example, the bug tracking system I use at work drops all leading
whitespace; and if you put code in MS-Word using style-sheet indentation
then cut&paste will drop it. This would be unfortunate.
My problems with these tools would be reduced if the POD identification
rule was changed from /^=/ to /^=\w/. I.e. whitespace after the initial
"=" marks it as non-pod.
Dave.
