print "before\n";

=debug MIDDLE

print "inside\n";

=cut

print "after\n";

##</code><code>##

perl -Mdebug=MIDDLE test.pl

##</code><code>##

perl -Mdebpod=debug,MIDDLE test.pl

# or, if I change my mind about the tag,

perl -Mdebpod=begin,MIDDLE test.pl

##</code><code>##

print "before\n";

=pod
Whatever I want to include here.
Comments or code, it doesn't matter.

=begin DEBUGGING

print "inside\n";

=cut

print "after\n";