Problem using tie with Apache::RequestRec in mod_perl/1.999.21

[J Matisse Enzer]

I am using a module that wants to tie to the Apache::RequestRec
The following code works in mod_perl/1.99_12 but does not seem to work 
in mod_perl/1.999.21 - I simply get no output (no errors either):

        tie *FILE => $r;
        binmode(*FILE);
Server info:
 Apache/2.0.52 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.0.52 OpenSSL/0.9.7d mod_perl/1.999.21 
Perl/v5.8.1

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