in reply to Why don't file handles have sigils?

You could do this:

my $fh;
open($fh, ...);

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open will put a ref to an anonymous file handle into $fh. You can then use $fh anywhere a file handle can be used.

(I think it actually puts in a File::IO object reference.)

But I don't know why there isn't a sigil for file handles. Maybe Larry et al didn't want to dedicate a character for that?

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Re^2: Why don't file handles have sigils?
by 1s44c (Scribe) on Jul 08, 2014 at 23:18 UTC

    I do do that.

    I wasn't trying to say perl was wrong, just asking for enlightenment as to why it is the way it is.

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      With so many ways to hang yourself, how could Perl be "wrong"? *grin*
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