Re^2: *FOO{THING} syntax used on a lexical variable

After the open, $fh is a reference to an IO handle (the thing that goes in the IO slot of a glob).

No, it's a GLOB ref.

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Re^3: *FOO{THING} syntax used on a lexical variable by Anonymous Monk on Jun 12, 2005 at 14:54 UTC
my $sc = <fh>; print $sc;	[reply]
Re^3: *FOO{THING} syntax used on a lexical variable by ysth (Canon) on Jun 13, 2005 at 03:42 UTC
Er, yeah, well...so it is.	[reply]