HERE construct

[Steve Simmons]

General comment on all the discussion of HERE docs.

When HERE docs cause you a problem, don't use 'em.  There is little win
if any over

          print << HERE;
          Dear Sir:

             You owe me bucks.  Pay up.

          Me.
          HERE

and

            $msg =
'Dear Sir:

You owe me bucks.  Pay up.

Me.
';

In all the straining at gnats over whitespace, filtering, etc, I have yet
to see a single proposal that isn't accomplished by just using variables
and manipulating them appropriately.  And it avoids all the problems with
whitespace on the HERE word.