PerlIOBase_read(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, void *vbuf, Size_t count) { STDCHAR *buf = (STDCHAR *) vbuf; if (f) { if (!(PerlIOBase(f)->flags & PERLIO_F_CANREAD)) { PerlIOBase(f)->flags |= PERLIO_F_ERROR; SETERRNO(EBADF, SS_IVCHAN); return 0; } ... #### #!/usr/bin/perl use Inline C; close STDOUT if $ARGV[0]; open(STDOUT, '+>', "/tmp/stdout.log") or die $!; dumpmode(STDOUT); __END__ __C__ void dumpmode(SV* fh) { char buf[10]; PerlIO *f = IoIFP(sv_2io(fh)); PerlIO_modestr(f, buf); fprintf(stderr, "mode = %s\n", buf); } #### $ ./802590.pl 0 mode = w $ ./802590.pl 1 # with explicit close mode = r+ #### $ PERLIO_DEBUG=/dev/tty ./802517.pl 1 # with explicit close ... ./802517.pl:0 openn(perlio,'(Null)','Iw',1,0,0,(nil),0,(nil)) ./802517.pl:0 Layer 0 is unix ./802517.pl:0 Layer 0 is unix ./802517.pl:0 PerlIO_push f=0x6253c0 unix w 0x603b08 ./802517.pl:0 fd 1 refcnt=1 ./802517.pl:0 PerlIO_push f=0x6253c0 perlio Iw 0x603b08 ./802517.pl:0 Layer 1 is perlio ... ./802517.pl:15 openn(perlio,'','w+',-1,0,0,(nil),1,0x60a178) ./802517.pl:15 Layer 0 is unix ./802517.pl:15 Layer 0 is unix ./802517.pl:15 PerlIO_push f=0x6253c0 unix w+ 0x603b08 ./802517.pl:15 fd 1 refcnt=1 ./802517.pl:15 PerlIO_push f=0x6253c0 perlio w+ 0x603b08 #### $ PERLIO_DEBUG=/dev/tty ./802517.pl 0 ... ./802517.pl:0 openn(perlio,'(Null)','Iw',1,0,0,(nil),0,(nil)) ./802517.pl:0 Layer 0 is unix ./802517.pl:0 Layer 0 is unix ./802517.pl:0 PerlIO_push f=0x6253c0 unix w 0x603b08 ./802517.pl:0 fd 1 refcnt=1 ./802517.pl:0 PerlIO_push f=0x6253c0 perlio Iw 0x603b08 ./802517.pl:0 Layer 1 is perlio ... ./802517.pl:15 openn(perlio,'','w+',-1,0,0,(nil),1,0x60a178) ./802517.pl:15 Layer 0 is unix ./802517.pl:15 Layer 0 is unix ./802517.pl:15 PerlIO_push f=0x6253e8 unix w+ 0x603b08 ./802517.pl:15 fd 8 refcnt=1 ./802517.pl:15 PerlIO_push f=0x6253e8 perlio w+ 0x603b08 ./802517.pl:15 fd 8 refcnt=0 ./802517.pl:15 PerlIO_pop f=0x6253e8 perlio ./802517.pl:15 PerlIO_pop f=0x6253e8 unix