in reply to need advice: Perl code layout, long line lengths

I often do "all of the above" (except "leave long lines 'as is' for readability", since I find such longs lines anything but easy to read). As an example, here is an approach that you probably haven't considered, just going to an extreme that I usually wouldn't go to: 

    my $key= join '\\',
        'Micr­osoft',
        'Win­dows NT',
        'Curren­tVersion',
        '­Terminal Server',
        'In­stall',
        'Sof­tware',
        'Mic­rosoft',
        'Wi­ndows',
        'Cur­rentVersio­n',
        'RunOnce­Ex';

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Re^2: need advice: Perl code layout, long line lengths (all!)
by resistance (Beadle) on Oct 04, 2008 at 06:51 UTC
    yes, your example could be extreme, but it is IMO more readable then this code from Win32::TieRegistry 
        $Registry->Delimiter("/");
    $tip18= $Registry->{"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/"
               . 'Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Tips//18'};

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    When I wrote "break the line" I mean this type of splitting. Break my eyes if I read 200 lines of such code :-)

    UPDATE: IMO your code is more readable because I read it in _one_ direction, from up to bottom, and not in Z-style.

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