Index: /trunk/doc/misc/perlCodeConventions.tex
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--- /trunk/doc/misc/perlCodeConventions.tex	(revision 2477)
+++ /trunk/doc/misc/perlCodeConventions.tex	(revision 2478)
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-%%% $Id: perlCodeConventions.tex,v 1.36 2004-11-25 02:23:35 jhoblitt Exp $
+%%% $Id: perlCodeConventions.tex,v 1.37 2004-11-25 02:40:37 jhoblitt Exp $
 \documentclass[panstarrs]{panstarrs}
 
@@ -292,12 +292,9 @@
 \item Prefer higher-level breaks to lower-level breaks.
 
-\item Align the new line with the beginning of the expression at the
-same level on the previous line\footnote{For emacs users, this means
-the indentation that \code{<tab>} generally produces}.
-
-\item If the above rules lead to confusing code or to code that's
-squished up against the right margin, just indent 8 spaces
-instead.\footnote{This should be \emph{very} rare! Consider whether
-you should be e.g. factoring code into a subroutine.}
+\item Indent new lines 4 spaces deeper than the nesting depth of the line on
+which the expression began.
+
+\item If it is convenient to list one statement per line (similar to a hash
+declaration) place the closing parenthesis or brace on a new line.
 
 \end{itemize}
@@ -307,9 +304,10 @@
 \begin{verbatim}
     someSub(longExpression1, longExpression2, longExpression3, 
-             longExpression4, longExpression5);
+        longExpression4, longExpression5);
      
-    $var = someSub(longExpression1,
-                     someSub(longExpression2,
-                  longExpression3)); 
+    $var = someSub(
+        longExpression1,
+        someSub(longExpression2, longExpression3)
+    ); 
 \end{verbatim}
 
@@ -333,9 +331,9 @@
 
     $alpha = (aLongBooleanExpression) ? $beta
-                                     : $gamma;  
+                                      : $gamma;  
 
     $alpha = (aLongBooleanExpression)
-            ? $beta 
-            : $gamma;  
+           ? $beta 
+           : $gamma;  
 \end{verbatim}