Hi Monks. Does anyone know if I can write comments in Perl without opening each line with #. For example, I would like not to have to type "#" 4 times in the following code:

$paramData = &replaceParamsInString($self->{debug},$contentRequest,$pa
+ramsMLToRequest);

#A hash named $requestParams is created containing all 
#the data needed for the http transaction. This data 
#is then stored in $self->RequestParams, and no further data
# is needed.

my $requestParams            = $self->{RequestParams};
$requestParams->{cgi_method} = $self->{method};
$requestParams->{url}        = $self->{Find}->{baseUrl};
$requestParams->{httpContent}       = $paramData;
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I know that in Java you can place a */ or something similar at the beginning and end of the comments, and then not have to start each new sentence with a star. Is there something similar in Perl?
Thanks in advance,
Guy Naamati

2006-07-14 Retitled by Steve_p, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'Perl documentation'