in reply to Re^3: Syntax error when trying to use a hash value as a file stream specifier
in thread Syntax error when trying to use a hash value as a file stream specifier

> we cannot examine it

Of course we can:

if (select eq 'main::STDERR') {

> Until the documentation for say is corrected

Done.

map{substr$_->[0],$_->[1]||0,1}[\*||{},3],[[]],[ref qr-1,-,-1],[{}],[sub{}^*ARGV,3]