If it isn't could someone explain the following short program to me? My expectation is that after calling local the original handle should be untouched by anything that you do. This emphatically is not happening: 
test(1);
test(2);

sub test {
    my $iter = shift;
    my $fh = \*STDOUT;
    print $fh "Before local $iter\n";
    local *STDOUT;
    print $fh "Before tying $iter\n";
    tie (*STDOUT, 'Foo', $iter);
    print $fh "After tying $iter\n";
}

package Foo;

sub TIEHANDLE {
    my ($class) = shift;
    return bless([shift],$class);
}

sub PRINT {
    my ($self) = shift;
    print STDERR ("Foo::PRINT (tie $self->[0]): ",@_);
}

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In reply to I think this is a tie bug by tilly
in thread Local tied FILEHANDLE by gildir

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