I was suprised to find the following 
my $string;
my $SH= new IO::Scalar;
$SH->open (\$string);

select ($SH);  ## here

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choked, complaing that $SH was not a reference to a glob.

Then I also found that $SH->select isn't a member, either.

Why doesn't this work? I thought IO::Handle objects were glob refs, which is why you can use print {$handle} "hello world".

Looking at IO::Scalar.pm, it seems that it's a blessed hash. It doesn't inherit from IO::Handle, even though the docs say "This class implements objects which behave just like FileHandle (or IO::Handle) objects..." is that incorrect?

Just how do you select one of these?

—John

In reply to select and IO::Handle by John M. Dlugosz

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