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Id: 50181
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Queue: Modern-Perl
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Requestors: NUFFIN [...] cpan.org
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  Sat Oct 03 14:39:43 2009 NUFFIN [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
Subject: should load IO::Handle and FileHandle
Since Perl blesses IO objects into those classes, if they are loaded this allows method style invocations on builtin handles too.
  Mon Oct 04 16:55:44 2010 perl [...] evancarroll.com - Correspondence added
On Sat Oct 03 13:39:43 2009, NUFFIN wrote: Show quoted text
> Since Perl blesses IO objects into those classes, if they are loaded > this allows method style > invocations on builtin handles too.
I load IO::Handle in nextgen? Why should we use Filehandle? What is the advantage of it? -- Evan Carroll System Lord of the Internets http://www.evancarroll.com
  Mon Oct 04 16:55:44 2010 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Wed Oct 06 05:17:04 2010 NUFFIN [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
Subject: Re: [rt.cpan.org #50181] should load IO::Handle and FileHandle
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:16:33 +0200
To: bug-Modern-Perl [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Yuval Kogman <nuffin [...] cpan.org>
On 4 October 2010 22:55, Evan Carroll via RT <bug-Modern-Perl@rt.cpan.org>wrote: Show quoted text
> > I load IO::Handle in nextgen? Why should we use Filehandle? What is the > advantage of it? >
FileHandle is a subclass with more methods specific to IO handles that are backed by actual files (seekable, etc).