Re^4: problem with Mail::Sender while sending email

Look at this:

  $var = 'hello world';
  print <<'END';
$var
END
[download]

and this

  $var = 'hello world';
  print <<"END"
$var
END
[download]

Assuming you really do want a 'heredoc' here, you want the second kind.

Don't put stars in the heredoc terminator, that's ugly. If it doesn't stand out enough already, you need a different editor. END

- Boldra

Comment on Re^4: problem with Mail::Sender while sending email Select or Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^5: problem with Mail::Sender while sending email by Jenda (Abbot) on Aug 28, 2009 at 19:21 UTC
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder! I use the "END" all the time. Not just that it stands out more, but it's also less likely to appear in the stuff I'm quoting. And my editor does highlight the heredocs just fine, thank you. Jenda Enoch was right! Enjoy the last years of Rome.	[reply]
Re^6: problem with Mail::Sender while sending email by Boldra (Curate) on Aug 31, 2009 at 09:49 UTC
I was convinced I could counter with a rewrite of Chandanperl's code with a typo or two and get it to compile and produce something totally unexpected ( using an empty binary shift `<<`, a glob `END` and the glob of $OFS, `,` thrown up against the `$var` in the example), but I haven't managed it yet. This was the basis of my argument about the 'ugliness' of the terminator - if it looks enough like a completely different piece of valid perl, and you have to think for a moment to work out how it will be parsed, I call it ugly. Since I can't support my argument with a concrete example, I'll have to let you off - this time! :) Personally, I usually use a long string as a terminator, since I only have to type it twice. - Boldra	[reply]
Re^7: problem with Mail::Sender while sending email by Anonymous Monk on Aug 31, 2009 at 09:56 UTC
I most frequently use __XML__ __HTML__ __YAML__ or __RAW__	[reply]