# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 793520815 0
# Node ID 50f00b298a2dbd273646f8e19f4eb6e4a1825eb4
# Parent  9e59d5bdaab83592ac8ff550cc3bae29c4a6c50a
(perl-tab-to-comment): Default is nil.

diff -r 9e59d5bdaab8 -r 50f00b298a2d lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
--- a/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el	Thu Feb 23 05:34:45 1995 +0000
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el	Thu Feb 23 06:26:55 1995 +0000
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@
 Otherwise it inserts a tab character if you type it past the first
 nonwhite character on the line.")
 
-(defvar perl-tab-to-comment t
+;; I changed the default to nil for consistency with general Emacs
+;; conventions -- rms.
+(defvar perl-tab-to-comment nil
   "*Non-nil means TAB moves to eol or makes a comment in some cases.
 For lines which don't need indenting, TAB either indents an
 existing comment, moves to end-of-line, or if at end-of-line already,