If I stick a file handle into a hash, is there a way to read from the filehandle ala <$handle> without copying the file handle to a scalar first? Here's some code...

#! /usr/bin/perl -w -T

use strict;

# assuming 'foo' exists
open( my $handle, '<', 'foo' );
my %hash = ( handle => $handle);

# prints out GLOB(0x9d2cc28)
while( <$hash{handle}> ) {
    print;
}
my %worse_yet = ( hash => \%hash );

# won't compile
while( <$worse_yet{hash}->{handle}> ) {
    print;
}
# I tried *{$worse_yet{hash}->{handle}} and it didn't work either

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In reply to Using File Handle in hash by pileofrogs

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