A filehandle is kinda like a namespace for the file. It shouldn't have a datatype, because it doesn't contain data.
--- Siegfried Heintze wrote: > I asked this question previously, but received no response. I sure the > reason was that I was far too verbose. So let me make it simple: > > What is the logic that says all data types will be prefixed with special > character such as "$" or "%" or "@" except file handles? Why are file > handles weird? _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>