Index: docs/pdds/pdd07_codingstd.pod
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--- docs/pdds/pdd07_codingstd.pod	(revision 15559)
+++ docs/pdds/pdd07_codingstd.pod	(working copy)
@@ -323,6 +323,20 @@
     # End:
     # vim: expandtab shiftwidth=4:
 
+Exceptions: Perl source files which end with a C<__END__> or C<__DATA__>
+block must have the following coda B<directly after> the shebang (C<#!>)
+line:
+
+    # vim: expandtab shiftwidth=4:
+    # Local Variables:
+    #   mode: cperl
+    #   cperl-indent-level: 4
+    #   fill-column: 100
+    # End:
+
+This is because vim checks only the B<first> or B<last> five lines for such
+style information.
+
 =back
 
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