I try and avoid thinking about it! Actually what I do is run things through perltidy and live with the results. For instance, the code: 
if ($a or $b or $c or $d or $e or $f or $g or $h or $i or $j or $k or 
+$l or $m or $n) {
}

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when run through perltidy comes out like: 
if ( $a
    or $b
    or $c
    or $d
    or $e
    or $f
    or $g
    or $h
    or $i
    or $j
    or $k
    or $l
    or $m
    or $n )
{
}

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Skipping lightly over endless arguments about just where the "damn curly brace"™ should go gives me extra time to realize that the silly thing is missing or the like!

–hsm

"Never try to teach a pig to sing…it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."

In reply to Re: Logical expression style by hsmyers
in thread Logical expression style by ferrency

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