Re: print $fh; how is this supposed to work?

[Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>]

Jeff Pinyan writes:
> 
> 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?

Do you want

  $fh = 12;
  print $fh;

print to filehandle \*12 ? ;-)  [ I think this is how perl4 worked, BTW. ]

Hope this helps,
Ilya

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