Re^2: IO::Handle UNIVERSAL::can STDOUT print

use IO::Handle;
STDOUT->print("printing works\n");
__END__
printing works
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Re^3: IO::Handle UNIVERSAL::can STDOUT print by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 04, 2009 at 06:25 UTC
What about it?	[reply]
Re^4: IO::Handle UNIVERSAL::can STDOUT print by Anonymous Monk on Sep 04, 2009 at 06:28 UTC
print works, but can('print') returns undef	[reply]
Re^5: IO::Handle UNIVERSAL::can STDOUT print by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 04, 2009 at 06:37 UTC
`IO::Handle::can` is called with `STDOUT` as the first argument just like `IO::Handle::print` is called with `STDOUT` as the first argument. Seeing as `*STDOUT` isn't an object, `can` returns false as documented. It wouldn't hurt for IO::Handle to override `can` to handle this better, though.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^6: IO::Handle UNIVERSAL::can STDOUT print (suggested change) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 04, 2009 at 07:03 UTC