Hi Monks,
I currently found an example of CPAN Module IO::Multiplex which doesn't work the way it's printed in the module-pod.

Here comes the code that doesn't work:

package Player;

my %players = ();

sub new {
    my $package = shift;
    my $self    = bless { mux  => shift,
                          fh   => shift } => $package;
    # Register the new player object as the callback specifically for
    # this file handle.

    $self->{mux}->set_callback_object($self, $self->{fh});
        
    print $self->{fh} "Greetings, Professor. Would you like to play a 
+game?\n";
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Now here is the bug (it is really a bug?) the  print $self-{fh} "whatever"; brings up the error:

String found where operator expected at server.pl line 42, near "} "Gr
+eetings, Professor. Would you like to play a game?\n""
Missing operator before  "Greetings, Professor. Would you like to play
+ a game?\n"?)
syntax error at server.pl line 42, near "} "Greetings, Professor. Woul
+d you like to play a game?\n""
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After changed it to:

my $fh = $self->{fh};
print $fh "Greetings .....";
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all is fine.

The question is now, is this in general not possible to print to a hash-stored-handle by deref it during the print command, or am I missing something ?

Thnx

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