Are Filehandles Objects?

Perl has a very confusing set of behaviors for treating filehandles as objects. ADHD Summary Globs which contain open handles can be treated as objects, even if though they aren't blessed. Always load IO::Handle and FileHandle, to allow the method syntax. Whenever you are using filehandles, use the method syntax, regardless of whether it's a real handle or a fake one. A fake handle that works with

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