Re: Braces around a section of code

As the others have already said, the blocks introduce a new scope, and there are quite a few things in Perl that are lexically scoped. Just to add some more to the list that haven't been mentioned yet: several pragmas, such as strict and warnings, are also lexically scoped, and there are a few (rare!) cases where one might want to temporarily disable parts of those pragmas for a very small block of code.

By the way, I would recommend properly indenting the inner blocks as well. perltidy can help.

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Re^2: Braces around a section of code by Tux (Canon) on Jun 30, 2019 at 12:23 UTC
The inner block might have been indented properly by perltidy, but when it was done using tabs, it gets lost in the the cut-n-paste. I am not starting a discussin about leading whitespace here. I personally do not care at all, as long as it looks correct in my editor, you can mix tabs and spaces for my care. I more care about consistency and correct indentation (which seldom happens according to my own rules :P). Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^3: Braces around a section of code by haukex (Archbishop) on Jun 30, 2019 at 12:38 UTC
Ah, good point, you are correct there is a mix of tabs and spaces in the original. But the innermost `print` appears to not be indented enough, so my comment still stands `;-)`	[reply] [d/l] [select]