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+--maximum-line-length=120
+##--trim-qw
+#---------------- PBP options, as listed on page 35 of PBP ----------------
+##-l=78 # Max line width is 78 cols
+-i=4 # Indent level is 4 cols
+-ci=4 # Continuation indent is 4 cols
+-vt=2 # Maximal vertical tightness
+-cti=0 # No extra indentation for closing brackets
+-pt=1 # Medium parenthesis tightness
+-sbt=1 # Medium square bracket tightness
+-bt=1 # Medium brace tightness (for non-code blocks)
+-bbt=1 # Medium block brace tightness (for code blocks)
+-nsfs # No space before semicolons
+-nolq # Don't outdent long quoted strings
+ # Break before all operators:
+-wbb="% + - * / x != == >= <= =~ < > | & **= += *= &= <<= &&= -= /= |= >>= ||= .= %= ^= x="
+# Note that the PBP book has a typo on page 35 when defining the above -wbb
+# option, see http://oreilly.com/catalog/perlbp/errata/perlbp.confirmed
+# The above string is correct.
+
+#---------- Perltidy default options (i.e. in line with PBP) --------------
+-asc # Add any missing optional semicolon at the end of a line
+-aws # Add certain whitespace to improve code readability
+-tqw # Default handling of multi-line 'qw' quotes
+-ibc # Indent block comments to same level as the code
+-msc=4 # Minimum 4 spaces between code and same-line comments
+-fpsc=0 # Don't try to line up all comments to a fixed column
+-hsc # Align hanging side comments
+-sbc # Enable static block comments
+-nssc # No special handling for static side comments
+-dnl # Delete old newlines
+-bbc # Ensure a blank line before every full-line comment
+-bbs # Ensure a blank line before every sub definition (except one-liners)
+-bbb # Ensure a blank line before code blocks (for, while, if, ....)
+-lbl=8 # Minimum number of lines between each -bbb inserted blank line
+
+#------------- Additional options, based on PBP recommendations ------------
+-bar # K&R style code braces
+-nolc # Long comments indented, even when this make the total line length "too long"
+-noll # Long lines indented, even when this make the total line length "too long"
+-nola # Don't treat labels as special cases when indenting
+
+#---------- Options concerning Perltidy's input and ouput files -----------
+##-nst # Do NOT output to STDOUT (since we want to use -b)
+##-b # Backup the input file to .bak and perform all tidying in the original file
+##-se # Write errors to STDERR
+##-ple # Preserve the EOL character(s). E.g. in case Perltidy runs
+## # on Windows, but processes a Perl file for Unix (and vice versa)
+
+#----------- Some other Perltidy options, intentionally not used ----------
+# The following Perltidy options are NOT consistent with PBP and should NOT be used:
+# -lp, -icb, -fws, -nwls, -nwrs, -sfp, -sak/-nsak, -csc/dcsc, -fnl,
+# -ce, -bl, -sbl, -bli, -blil, -bbvt, -otr, -sct, -boc, -kis,
+# -pbp (because the -wbb list typo in the PBP book carried over to Perltidy (!))
+# The following Perltidy options are not used, for other reasons:
+# -sot, -mft, -cab, -bol, -bok/-nbok, -bot/-nbot, -iob, -isbc