You can also use a single-quoted heredoc for this... 
<<'WONKYCODE';
  print "This code isn't technically "commented out" per se;
     rather, it is interpreted as a string.
     However, it won't execute, and because of the single
     quotes it also won't interpolate.  Assuming that the
     code you treat this way is an entire expression (not
     part of one), the string will be in void context and
     so will have no effect, other than to remind you
     that it's still here with a 'useless use of constant 
     in void context' warning.\n";
WONKYCODE

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In reply to Re: What is the easy way to comment out chunk of Perl Code by jonadab
in thread What is the easy way to comment out chunk of Perl Code by gasho

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