Subject: Re: bug#16110: perl-mode is electric, without an easy opt-out option

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:53:21 -0500

> 	As currently implemented, the “electricity” of the Perl mode
> 	cannot be easily turned off, which is a problem as it doesn’t
> 	get the indentation right in some cases.

Please try the Emacs trunk version of perl-mode.  Its electricity has
been rewritten to work on top of (and be controlled by)
electric-indent-mode.

        Stefan