in reply to Re^2: check scalar holds filehandle
in thread check scalar holds filehandle

In 5.10 perlfunc#fileno, it used to say:

(Filehandles connected to memory objects via new features of open may return undefined even though they are open.)

I guess I haven't had cause to notice the change since I discovered that piece of wisdom.

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