RE: Tabs v.s. spaces (was Re: Programming first steps.)

["Julian Mehnle" <lists@mehnle.net>]

Steve Lamb wrote:
> 2: Can you provide an example of such free-style coding that you speak
> so highly of?

# Split header into separate header lines, dropping any unneeded or
# spurious header lines:
@header_lines = grep(
    (
        /^(?:
            # Wanted headers:
            X-Spam-Status
        ):/ix or
        !/^(?:
            # Unwanted headers:
            Delivered-To    |
            Path            |
            Priority        |
            Received        |
            Return-Path     |
            (?: # Prefixes:
                List        |
                X
            )-[\w-]+
        ):/ix
    ),
    split(/\n(?!\s)/, $header_unwrapped)
);

I call that readable, but I guess somebody won't. ;-)