Re^2: Printing with Indirect FileHandles

except that your last example demonstrates that it does not behave exactly as print says it does.

How so?

In print {$output} $_, nothing is omitted, so what is specified to print is printed to the specified handle.

In print $output $_, nothing is omitted, so what is specified to print is printed to the specified handle.

In print $output, the file handle is omitted, so $output is printed to the currently selected handle.

And the first, print {$output}, is not one of the valid forms.

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Re^3: Printing with Indirect FileHandles by ig (Vicar) on Aug 26, 2009 at 01:03 UTC
In `print OUTPUT while (<$input>);` a file handle is given but no list. print doesn't even admit in the synopsis that such a case is possible and it says: If LIST is also omitted, prints $_ to the currently selected output channel. My emphasis.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Printing with Indirect FileHandles by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 26, 2009 at 04:21 UTC
oh, I missed that one.	[reply]
Re^3: Printing with Indirect FileHandles by bichonfrise74 (Vicar) on Aug 26, 2009 at 04:13 UTC
Thanks. And what is the explanation as to why print OUTPUT works?	[reply]