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