package Filter::Handle; use strict; use Carp; sub PRINT { my $self = shift; my $fh = $self->{fh}; print $fh $self->{disp}->(@_); } sub PRINTF { my $self = shift; @_ = ($self, sprintf(shift, @_)); goto &PRINT; } sub TIEHANDLE { my $class = shift; my $fh = shift or croak("Need a filehandle to tie to."); my $disp = shift || sub { my ($file, $line) = (caller(1))[1,2]; sprintf("%s:%d - %s\n", $file, $line, "@_"); }; return bless ({fh => $fh, disp => $disp}, $class); } # An OO interface for free! :-) *new = *TIEHANDLE; *print = *PRINT; *printf = *PRINTF; 1; #### my $out = new Filter::Handle(\*STDOUT); $out->print("Hello world\n"); $out->printf("%s %s\n", "Hello", "world"); #### tie (*OUT, 'Filter::Handle', \*STDOUT); select(OUT); print "Hello world\n"; printf ("%s %s\n", "Hello", "world");