use strict; use warnings; use feature qw/ say /; use Scalar::Util qw/ blessed/; open my $fh, ">", undef; say blessed( *$fh{ IO }); # IO::File say *$fh{ IO }-> can( "print" ) ? "yes" : "no"; # no autoflush $fh 1; say *$fh{ IO }-> can( "print" ) ? "yes" : "no"; # yes #### use strict; use warnings; use Log::Log4perl qw / :easy /; use Log::Dispatch::Handle; open my $fh, ">", undef; #autoflush $fh 1; my $app = Log::Log4perl::Appender-> new( "Log::Dispatch::Handle", handle => *$fh{ IO }); __END__ The IO::File class is missing the 'print' method