Okay, so here's the whole code. This sub is the one calling the parser: 
sub parse {
    my $self = shift;
    my @opts = @_;
    my %opts;
    if ( ! @opts || scalar @opts % 2 ) {
        $self->COMPLAIN("bad number of arguments.");
        return;
    }
    else {
        %opts = @opts;
        if ( ! $opts{-format} || ! grep(ucfirst($opts{-format}), @pars
+ers) ) {
            $self->COMPLAIN("no valid format specified.");
            return;
        }
        if ( $opts{-file} && ( ! -T $opts{-file} || ! -r $opts{-file} 
+) ) {
            $self->COMPLAIN("file not found, not a text file, or not r
+eadable");
            return;
        }
        elsif ( ! $opts{-file} && ! $opts{-string} ) {
            $self->COMPLAIN("no data source specified.");
            return;
        }
        my $lib = ref $self;
        $lib .= '::' . ucfirst($opts{-format});
        eval "require $lib";
        my $parser = new $lib;
        if ( $opts{-file} && $parser->can('from_handle') ) {
            open(FH, $opts{-file});
            $opts{-handle} = \*FH;
            return $parser->from_handle(%opts);
        }
        if ( $opts{-string} && $parser->can('from_string') ) {
            return $parser->from_string(%opts);
        }
        $self->COMPLAIN("the parser can't handle the data source speci
+fied");
        return;
    }
}

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The call is 9 physical lines from the bottom. And here's the one who gets called: 
sub from_handle {
    my $self = shift;
    my %opts = @_;
    my $taxa = new Phylo::Taxa;
    my $version = $self->VERSION;
    while (<$opts{-handle}>) {
        if ( $_ ) {
            my $taxon = new Phylo::Taxa::Taxon;
            my $date = localtime;
            my $description = qq{Read from $opts{-file} using Phylo ve
+rsion $version on $date};
            $taxon->name($_);
            $taxon->desc($description);
            $taxa->insert($taxon);
        }
    }
    return $taxa;
}

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And in the second block $_ == GLOB(0xa0bb570).

In reply to Re^4: Passing a file handle to a sub. I still don't get it. by rvosa
in thread Passing a file handle to a sub. I still don't get it. by rvosa

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