>> On Tue, 23 May 2006 16:10:40 -0400, Greg London said:

   > what was the earliest version of perl that would allow you to use
   > scalar filehandles?
 
5.6; see perldoc perl56delta, "File and directory handles can be
autovivified".

   > more importantly, what is the syntax for passing a filehandle 
   > into a routine if it is FILEHANDLE instead of $FILEHANDLE?

perldoc -q 'pass filehandles'.

- Chris.
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