Re (tilly) 1: Format references

I haven't played much with formats, but judging from perlref if anything would work it would be:

*foo{IO}
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Re: Re (tilly) 1: Format references by MrNobo1024 (Hermit) on Mar 24, 2001 at 21:07 UTC
Actually, foo{IO} only contains filehandle foo, dirhandle foo, and socket foo. There dosen't seem to be a way to get a reference to a format, the best you can get is an entire glob: foo	[reply]
Re (tilly) 3: Format references by tilly (Archbishop) on Mar 24, 2001 at 21:11 UTC
Thanks, that goes in the bucket of odd facts I might need some day. However I would also suspect that this area of Perl has not been extensively tested. I would not be suprised if the intrepid explorer encountered a few interesting features...	[reply]