in reply to Re^4: Comment blocks & private methods
in thread Comment blocks & private methods

My perl-parser as well as perldoc ignore those lines. Only emacs' cperl-mode insist on surrounding blank lines.
IIRC, older POD parsers required blank lines around command paragraphs.

--MidLifeXis

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Re^6: Comment blocks & private methods
by LanX (Saint) on Dec 16, 2014 at 16:45 UTC
    True but it's not meant for POD anyway, as long the compiler ignores it it's fine.

    Cheers Rolf

    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)