I don't leave blanks nor do i use any POD keywords other than the "=cut" By using the syntax "=comment" and "=cut", I don't want this body of code to show up in any POD docs, eg, pod2html or "PerlOasis" stuff.
as far as using "=head", that's good practice, but I always use "=pod" and then the "=head". just a 'PS' on thos practice: I only do this as a temporary comment method, because, just like in any program language, when you start "grepping" for keywords, you start looking at dead code ;) -----Original Message----- From: Lee Goddard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 11:25 AM To: Stuart Arnold Cc: 'Krasimir_Slaveykov'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: comments in script Stuart Arnold wrote: >You can use the '=' and '=cut' in the 1st column. Its part of POD'ing. > >I do this quite often: >=comment > blah,blahblah >=cut > > Expect you ought to leave a blank line either side of =comment and =cut. >I also have my editor set up to detect "=comment" and "=cut" as >begin/end comment, much like the "C" style /* */ > > I use =head, so all my comments have to be in neat sections..... _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
