r</b> stream related to parameter errors or conflicts and/or warning messages in the <b>errorfile</b> stream relating to possible syntax errors in the source code being tidied.</p>

<p>In the event of a catastrophic error for which recovery is not possible <b>perltidy</b> terminates by making calls to <b>croak</b> or <b>confess</b> to help the programmer localize the problem. These should normally only occur during program development.</p>

<h1 id="NOTES-ON-FORMATTING-PARAMETERS">NOTES ON FORMATTING PARAMET