Bug #75510 for Config-Std: Feature Request - vertically align output

Hi Guys! I hope my squirrel mail web interface doesn't screw up the formatting. Everything should be in a fixed width font. Given: File:   test.cfg (with vertically aligned = ) [Lazy Meal Sources] breakfast   = cafeteria lunch       = restaurant dinner      = wonderful wife [Non Lazy Meal Sources] breakfast   = Steel cut oats lunch       = home packed in pail dinner      = shared cooking with wife And test program t.pl: #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Config::Std; my %meal_sources_config; my $cfg_file    = "test.cfg"; read_config( $cfg_file, %meal_sources_config ); $meal_sources_config{"Lazy Meal Sources"}{"Brunch"}     = "Neighborhood Restaurant"; $meal_sources_config{"Non Lazy Meal Sources"}{"Brunch"} = "New to us Restaurant"; write_config %meal_sources_config, $cfg_file; test.cfg is now: [Lazy Meal Sources] breakfast = cafeteria lunch = restaurant dinner = wonderful wife Brunch = Neighborhood Restaurant [Non Lazy Meal Sources] breakfast = Steel cut oats lunch = home packed in pail dinner = shared cooking with wife Brunch = New to us Restaurant All that alignment is gone.  I understand with malignantly long keys this is problematic.  But for cases where all keys lengths are reasonable ( <20 ? ) it seems sane for vertical alignment to be preserved. Perhaps by even capturing the original indentation.  Rational of request: Considering that "This configuration language and parser was specifically designed using the criteria suggested in this guideline (and elsewhere in this book)." [PBP 1st Ed. p447] It would seem fitting for it to also adhere to the guidelines presented elsewhere in the book.  Enough yak washing, it's time for me to return to work.  Thanks for the distraction. -- Michael Rasmussen Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity