Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Perl Idioms Explained - $|++

[sauoq]

This will clear that up some:

$ perl -le 'print ref *STDOUT{IO}'
IO::Handle

The note in the BUGS section of the IO::Handle pod is explanatory too:

BUGS
       Due to backwards compatibility, all filehandles resemble object
+s of
       class "IO::Handle", or actually classes derived from that class
+.  They
       actually aren't.  Which means you can't derive your own class f
+rom
       "IO::Handle" and inherit those methods.

-sauoq
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