--- FileSystemObjects/File-orig.pm      2006-01-19 12:50:28.000000000 +0100
+++ FileSystemObjects/File.pm   2006-01-19 13:29:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -60,17 +60,18 @@

     croak "Can't stat a non existant file" unless -e $self->full_path;

-    return &stat($self->full_path);
+    return CORE::stat($self->full_path);
 }

 #documented: synopsis
 sub stath
 {
     my $self = shift;
-    my @stat = &stat($self->full_path);

     croak "Can't stat a non existant file" unless -e $self->full_path;

+    my @stat = CORE::stat($self->full_path);
+
     return map { $stat_names[$_] => $stat[$_] } (0..12);
 }