G'day walkingthecow,

"I am wondering what the Perl Best Practices are with regards to long fields applied to an object, and if there is any way for Perl Tidy to automatically clean those up."

There's a few Perl Best Practices that could apply. Here's some that identify problems:

Line Lengths
Use 78-column lines. (pp.18-19) [So you're not doing that.]
Indentation
Use four-column indentation levels. (pp.19-20) [And you're not doing this either.]
Tabs
Indent with spaces, not tabs. (pp.20-22) [That could be an issue. Are you doing this one?]

Here's some that suggest solutions:

Multiline Strings
Lay out multiline strings over multiple lines. (pp.60-61)
Here Documents
Use a heredoc when a multiline string exceeds two lines. (p.61)
Heredoc Indentation
Use a "theredoc" when a heredoc would compromise your indentation. (pp.61-62)
Heredoc Terminators
Heredoc Quoters
Another two to read if you go with a heredoc solution. (pp.62-65)
Automated Layout
Enforce your chosen layout style mechanically. (pp.33-35) [Talks about perltidy and provides a .perltidyrc at the end.]

-- Ken

In reply to Re: Best practices and any way to have Perl Tidy clean it up by kcott
in thread Best practices and any way to have Perl Tidy clean it up by walkingthecow

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