I have a slight problem: I use the following construct under 5.6.0:

if( ref($_[0]) && $_[0]->isa('GLOB')) { $fh=  shift };

This traps a filehandle reference as first optional argument of a method.

The problem is that under 5.005_03 it gives me an error message Can't call method "isa" on unblessed reference if I pass it a GLOB reference. How would I replace this with a pre 5.6 safe test?

if( ref($_[0]) eq 'GLOB') { $fh=  shift };
fails for filehandles created through an object like my $fh = new FileHandle("> $file")

I found that this seems to work but I wonder if there is a more elegant way to test it:

my $f=  shift if( ref( $_[0]) && ((ref ($_[0]) eq 'GLOB') || ( $_[0]->can(isa) && $_[0]->isa( 'GLOB'))));

In reply to 5.6 construct under 5.005_03 by mirod

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