???

I did NOT test the value of $! after the readdir because readdir does not set its value, as shown by this small piece of code executed under the debugger:

Here is a better one 

opendir D, q/./;
closedir D;
readdir D or die int $!, q/ /, $!;
__END__
9 Bad file descriptor at - line 3.

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perlvar#%!

readdir STDOUT or die Fudge();
sub Fudge {
    join "\n",
    join(' ', int $!, $! ),
    join(' ', int $^E, $^E ),
    ( grep { $!{$_} } keys %! ),
    ' ';
}
__END__
9 Bad file descriptor
6 The handle is invalid
EVENT_SYSTEM_CAPTUREEND
ERROR_INVALID_BLOCK
EBADF
EMR_SETWINDOWEXTEX
EDGE_BUMP
EMARCH_ENC_I17_IMM9D_SIZE_X
  at - line 1.

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In reply to Re^2: Testing for readdir failure by Anonymous Monk
in thread Testing for readdir failure by Bob Cook

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