print $fh; how is this supposed to work?

[Jeff Pinyan <jeffp@crusoe.net>]

The 5.005_02 docs on print() lead me to believe that:

  $fh = \*FH;
  print $fh;

should print $_ to the filehandle referenced in $fh.  But it prints $fh
instead.  Is this expected?

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