From: Steve Hancock <perltidy@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 18:56:36 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: update docs regarding syntax errors
X-Git-Tag: 20201001.01~34
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bfaac58df8ecb6183d33606a23da4093c3afd73f;p=perltidy.git

update docs regarding syntax errors
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diff --git a/bin/perltidy b/bin/perltidy
index 45926b67..c542cb47 100755
--- a/bin/perltidy
+++ b/bin/perltidy
@@ -1192,7 +1192,8 @@ But the following will give a syntax error:
   # perltidy -nwrs='+', syntax error:
   for my $severity ( reverse $SEVERITY_LOWEST +1 .. $SEVERITY_HIGHEST ) { ... }
 
-As a general rule, it seems best to keep whitespace balanced around binary operators.
+To avoid subtle parsing problems like this, it is best to avoid spacing a
+binary operator asymetrically with a space on the left but not on the right.
 
 =item Space between specific keywords and opening paren