The first result is expected. You can't use a module you haven't loaded yet.

The second result makes sense too. *STDOUT isn't a blessed reference. In fact, it's not a reference at all. Keep in mind that you are calling methods on something that isn't an object. can can't interrogate the class associated with the object since there isn't one.

Similarly, \*STDOUT is a reference, but it's not blessed.

*STDOUT{IO}, on the other hand, is indeed blessed into IO::Handle. can will report that the presence of IO::Handle::print as desired. All's good here too.

What do you think is a bug?

Cleaner test: 

#!/usr/bin/perl --

use strict;
use warnings;

$\="\n";

print "\\*STDOUT:    ", \*STDOUT;
print "*STDOUT:     ",  *STDOUT;
print "*STDOUT{IO}: ",  *STDOUT{IO};
print '';

for (1..2) {
    print "\\*STDOUT:    ", (\*STDOUT)  ->can('print') ||0;
    print "*STDOUT:     ",  *STDOUT     ->can('print') ||0;
    print "*STDOUT{IO}: ",  *STDOUT{IO} ->can('print') ||0;
    print '';

    require IO::Handle;
}

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\*STDOUT:    GLOB(0x182a044)
*STDOUT:     *main::STDOUT
*STDOUT{IO}: IO::Handle=IO(0x182a054)

\*STDOUT:    0
*STDOUT:     0
*STDOUT{IO}: 0

\*STDOUT:    0
*STDOUT:     0
*STDOUT{IO}: CODE(0x18784f4)

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In reply to Re: IO::Handle UNIVERSAL::can STDOUT print by ikegami
in thread IO::Handle UNIVERSAL::can STDOUT print by Anonymous Monk

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