bring '*' prototype closer to how it behaves internally

[perl5.git] / lib / FileHandle.pm

diff --git a/lib/FileHandle.pm b/lib/FileHandle.pm
index 1dc699c..eec9b61 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/FileHandle.pm
+++ b/lib/FileHandle.pm
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ import IO::Handle grep { !defined(&$_) } @EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK;
 sub import {
     my $pkg = shift;
     my $callpkg = caller;
-    Exporter::export $pkg, $callpkg, @_;
+    require Exporter;
+    Exporter::export($pkg, $callpkg, @_);
 
     #
     # If the Fcntl extension is available,
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ sub import {
     #
     eval {
        require Fcntl;
-       Exporter::export 'Fcntl', $callpkg;
+       Exporter::export('Fcntl', $callpkg);
     };
 }
 
@@ -94,9 +95,9 @@ sub pipe {
 }
 
 # Rebless standard file handles
-bless *STDIN{IO},  "FileHandle";
-bless *STDOUT{IO}, "FileHandle";
-bless *STDERR{IO}, "FileHandle";
+bless *STDIN{IO},  "FileHandle" if ref *STDIN{IO}  eq "IO::Handle";
+bless *STDOUT{IO}, "FileHandle" if ref *STDOUT{IO} eq "IO::Handle";
+bless *STDERR{IO}, "FileHandle" if ref *STDERR{IO} eq "IO::Handle";
 
 1;
 
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
     use FileHandle;
 
     $fh = new FileHandle;
-    if ($fh->open "< file") {
+    if ($fh->open("< file")) {
         print <$fh>;
         $fh->close;
     }
@@ -248,6 +249,10 @@ It will also croak() if accidentally called in a scalar context.
 
 =back
 
+There are many other functions available since FileHandle is descended
+from IO::File, IO::Seekable, and IO::Handle.  Please see those
+respective pages for documentation on more functions.
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 The B<IO> extension,