bless file handles as FileHandle if loaded else IO::Handle

Subject: Re: More info regarding the Can't locate error message [PATCH]

lvirden@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) writes:

> use FileHandle;
> STDERR->open("/tmp/errorsfile","w");

This patch tries to fix the problem by auto-blessing handles as
'FileHandle' if the FileHandle package has been loaded and IO::Handle
otherwise.  The snag is that STDOUT, STDIN, STDERR are initialized
before 'use FileHandle' executes, so they are all initially blessed as
IO::Handles.  We compensate by reblessing them in FileHandle.pm:

This makes Larry's example as well as the following code work:

  use FileHandle;
  open(F, "/dev/null") or die;
  F->seek(0, 1) or die;

p5p-msgid: hyb80drrz.fsf@bergen.sn.no

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/FileHandle.pm b/lib/FileHandle.pm
index 0b5d9edcb4..1dc699c85b 100644
--- a/lib/FileHandle.pm
+++ b/lib/FileHandle.pm
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ sub pipe {
     ($r, $w);
 }
 
+# Rebless standard file handles
+bless *STDIN{IO},  "FileHandle";
+bless *STDOUT{IO}, "FileHandle";
+bless *STDERR{IO}, "FileHandle";
+
 1;
 
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