Here's some code: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
use strict;
open (FOO, '>/tmp/foobar') or die "Couldn't open /tmp/foo: $!\n";
my $self = { 'fh' => \*FOO};
print $self->{'fh'}  "This is a test\n";

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This fails with the following error: 
String found where operator expected at ./foo.pl line 5, near "}  "Thi
+s is a test\n""
    (Missing operator before   "This is a test\n"?)
syntax error at ./foo.pl line 5, near "}  "This is a test\n""

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Now, if i change the code a little bit, it works fine: 
my $fh = $self->{'fh'};
print $fh "This is a test\n";

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Why? I thought that $self->{'fh'} wasn't being intepreted in the correct context. So i even tried this (which failed as well): 
print scalar($self->{'fh'}) "This is a test\n";

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Why is this? I realize that filehandle references are easier to deal with in 5.6, but we use 5.0053 at work, and there's no way we're switching anytime soon. So is this a known bug, or am i totally missing something?

BlueLines

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