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

I tend not to observe the archaic 78 column restriction religously, but if you have to, I find this easy to format and quite readable: 

process_key_r16a_type(
    $partition, $mountpoint, "software",
    "Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Terminal Server\\Install"
    . "\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\RunOnceEx"
);

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