> Finally, we have this:

 
   {
      key => 'k',
      class => 'kanji',
   },

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> It offers no readability benefits over the styles, and makes it even harder to see differences between the lines.

I'd say that's the reasonable default, the => should be vertically aligned tho.

Everything else needs intelligent heuristics to determine if the data has a repeated structure requiring another presentation. (not all AoHs have a nearly tabular semantic like in the OP's case)

That's why all these Data::* modules are so complicated.

And only the author can tell what the best representation is.

An editor shouldn't change manual formatting.

Problem in this thread is that the OP is effectively asking multiple questions:

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

In reply to Re^4: How would you indent this? by LanX
in thread How would you indent this? by no longer just digit

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