Re: Multi-line comments in perl code?

[Moron]

You could plan to run all your Perl sources through the C preprocessor before further use and that way co-opt its functionality. The added benefit is that you can then use all of the C preproprocessor functionality, e.g. macros, defined pre-execution symbols and so on in your Perl code - in fact this particular usage pales into triviality compared with what then becomes possible for projects with complex implementation and/or porting requirements.

#!/usr/bin/perl
#IFDEF COMMENT
    #+++
    I am a comment - symbol COMMENT is left undefined
    So there
    Instructions: this file is called fred.plp and should
    be run through the C preprocessor with output to fred.pl
    - modules could be presourced with the extension .pmp
    #---
#ENDIF
my $x = 1;
open my $fh, '<fred';
# etc.
__END__

[davorg]

You could plan to run all your Perl sources through the C preprocessor before further use

There's even a command line option (-P) which does just that. Tho' it has to be pointed out that the docs say "Use of -P is strongly discouraged because of its inherent problems, including poor portability".