in reply to Associative Database

I know this is a bit off your intended topic, but I thought I'd put in my feedback anyway. In general, I see this stuff as distracting visual noise. 
# Function to...
# {{{
# }}}

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Why not convert the useful portion of the comment you've provided (denoted by the ... above) into some Plain Old Documentation? See POD in 5 minutes for more.

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Re^2: Associative Database
by liverpole (Monsignor) on Mar 14, 2007 at 20:12 UTC
    Hi halley,

    Having the opening and closing braces {{{ ... }}} can actually be pretty useful, if you're a vim/gvim user.

    It implements a mechanism called "folding", whereby one can "fold" multiple lines of text into a single physical line on the screen, making it easier to read the program as a whole.

    I can see why it might be distracting if you weren't a vim/gvim user, but its advantages, IMO, far outweigh its disadvantages for those who use this mechanism.

    s''(q.S:$/9=(T1';s;(..)(..);$..=substr+crypt($1,$2),2,3;eg;print$..$/
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      My vim folds this: 
      sub foo {
    yadda
    yadda
    yadda
}

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      just fine.
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