my $x = 2; # Single-line comment.
#`(
Comments beginning with a backtick and one or more
opening bracketing characters are embedded comments.
They can span more than one line…
)
my $y = #`{ …or only part of a line. } 3;
#`{{
Using more than one bracketing character lets you include
an unmatched close bracket, like this: }
}}
#`⁅ Synopsis 2: "Bracketing characters are defined as any
Unicode characters with either bidirectional mirrorings or
Ps/Pe/Pi/Pf properties." ⁆
=begin comment
Pod is the successor to Perl 5's POD. This is the simplest way
to use it for multi-line comments. For more about Pod, see
Synopsis 26:
http://perlcabal.org/syn/S26.html
=end comment