Your problem is context.

print operates in interpolative context so $capsule returns It's a widget! but ne operates in boolean context so $capsule returns something like Object::Capsule=SCALAR(0x1234567).

I ran three tests:

Here's the output using Perl 5.6, Cygwin and Win98: 

[ ~/tmp ] $ perl overload_context
# capsule overload eval-ing : ${$_[0]} eq $_[1]
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
[ ~/tmp ] $ perl overload_context
# result of comparison: true
# result of comparison: false

# -- bytes of returned strings --
# 73 116 39 115 32 97 32 119 105 100 103 101 116 33
# 73 116 39 115 32 97 32 119 105 100 103 101 116 33

--(Test::More stuff below this point)--
[ ~/tmp ] $ perl overload_context
# result of comparison: true
# result of comparison: false

# -- bytes of returned strings --
# 73 116 39 115 32 97 32 119 105 100 103 101 116 33
# 73 116 39 115 32 97 32 119 105 100 103 101 116 33

--(Test::More stuff below this point)--
[ ~/tmp ] $

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PN5

In reply to Re: proxying overloads: returns seem to lie by Prior Nacre V
in thread proxying overloads: returns seem to lie by rjbs

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