File handle references from XS?

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

If I have an SV that contains a file handle reference, how exactly am I supposed to deal with it? I mean, how can I write or read from it within XSUBs?

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Re: File handle references from XS? by Zaxo (Archbishop) on Dec 18, 2004 at 04:57 UTC
See `sv_gets()` in perlapi. Quoted, `sv_gets Get a line from the filehandle and store it into the SV, optionally appending to the currently- stored string. char* sv_gets(SV* sv, PerlIO* fp, I32 append)` [download] After Compline, Zaxo	[reply] [d/l]