note JadeNB <code> if ($DEBUG) { print STDERR "Debug: some value"; # some tempory line to debug our debuger ... # some other temp line ... } </code> I think that Perlers have a (probably appropriate) inclination against <c>do</c> blocks; but of course one can (as [id://728210|jkva] points out below) have the multi-line cake and eat it too (or something): <code> do { print STDERR "Debug: some value"; # some temporary line # some other temporary line } if $DEBUG; </code> Of course, a trailing modifier after 17 lines of code isn't going to do anything for readability; but I think that <code>do this; that if DEBUG</code> is still reasonably English-like. As an added bonus, it's easy to transform a <c>do</c>-with-trailing-<c>if</c> to a leading <c>if</c> when the block gets too big and readability suffers. 727817 728019