The quest for the perfect .perltidyrc

.perltidyrc

# My (almost) perfect perl tidy config file

-l=100  # Max line width is 100 cols - We are not on vt100 line terminals anymore
-i=2    # Indent level is 2 cols
-ci=2   # Continuation indent is 2 cols
-se     # Errors to STDERR
-vt=2   # Maximal vertical tightness
-cti=0  # No extra indentation for closing brackets
-pt=2   # High parenthesis tightness
-bt=2   # High brace tightness
-sbt=2  # High square bracket tightness
-bbt=1  # Medium block brace tightness
-nsfs   # No space before semicolons
-nolq   # Don't outdent long quoted strings
-b      # we use version control, so just rewrite the file

# Break before all operators
-wbb="% + - * / x != == >= <= =~ < > | & **= += *= &= <<= &&= -= /= |= >>= ||= .= %= ^= x="

## More tweaks
--warning-output                        # Show warnings
--maximum-consecutive-blank-lines=2     # default is 1
--nohanging-side-comments               # troublesome for commented out code

# block comments may only be indented if they have some space characters before the #
-isbc

The missing link.md

This code:

$db->txn(sub {
  ...
});

becomes:

$db->txn(
  sub {
    ...
  }
);

wasting too much vertical space. Using anon subs on calls is a common pattern now, so it adds up.

Yeah, I need a test suite for my .perltidyrc...