Source Comment Formatting

I am new to the list, I've scanned the list archives, and did not find a related subject. I am a Perl programmer and use XEmacs 20.4 for Perl and HTML. My suggestion will most likely apply to other languages as well. I think we all need some sort of Comment Formatting functionality. When I document my code, I use multiple #'s and spaces. When I edit my comments, I spend so much time moving text around to make it fit within 79 columns to make it look right. I WISH there were some utility that would take the commented blocks of my code and format them so that words wrap and the comment characters (#'s) are maintained. First, I don't know if such a utility exists. I suppose something could be built into Emacs that when a commented line passes a certain column, it wraps the word and begins the next line with the previous line's #'s. If there is such a utility in existence, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll probably write a processor in Perl to do this on a Perl source file. That would mean a second step would be required to format my comments, but such functionality would be very nice to have in the editor as the source is being developed. Looking forward to your response. Clarence Donath http://mrdo.com