Huh? I'd say the example was above average for legibility - you should see some of the legacy Perl code I have had to maintain over the years. It's true that one of the lines is two characters too far (oh calamity!) and that the tabbing isn;t in perfect multiples (oh the shame of it ;)). But at least reasonable effort appears to have been made in regard to appearance albeit not up perltidy's exacting standards. I wouldn't say it goes anywhere near far astray enough to deserve your implied threat, however.