The dirfd function is unimplemented

This only happens (for me) if the handle is a dirhandle: 
C:\_32>perl -le "opendir $rd, 'special' or die $!; print 'dir' if -d $
+rd; print 'file' if -f $rd;"
The dirfd function is unimplemented at -e line 1.

C:\_32>perl -le "opendir RD, 'special' or die $!; print 'dir' if -d RD
+; print 'file' if -f RD;"
The dirfd function is unimplemented at -e line 1.

C:\_32>perl -le "opendir RD, 'special' or die $!; print 'dir' if -d \*
+RD; print 'file' if -f \*RD;"
The dirfd function is unimplemented at -e line 1.

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With a filehandle it seems fine: 
C:\_32>perl -le "open $rd, 'try.pl' or die $!; print 'dir' if -d $rd; 
+print 'file' if -f $rd;"
file

C:\_32>perl -le "open RD, 'try.pl' or die $!; print 'dir' if -d RD; pr
+int 'file' if -f RD;"
file

C:\_32>perl -le "open RD, 'try.pl' or die $!; print 'dir' if -d \*RD; 
+print 'file' if -f \*RD;"
file

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Surely this behaviour with dirhandles is a serious bug that should be reported to p5p ?
I can see nothing in the -X documentation that allows such behaviour, and I can see plenty there that disallows it.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^3: Testing for a directory handle by syphilis
in thread Testing for a directory handle by ns550

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