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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perltie.pod b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perltie.pod index 456cc60cbab..887f2f02edd 100644 --- a/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perltie.pod +++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlperl/lib/pods/perltie.pod @@ -870,11 +870,10 @@ program, where output to STDOUT and STDERR may have to be redirected in some special way. See nvi and the Apache module for examples. When tying a handle, the first argument to C<tie> should begin with an -asterisk. So, if you are tying STDOUT, use C<*STDOUT>. If you have assigned -it to a scalar variable, say C<$handle>, use C<*$handle>. C<tie $handle> -works, too, but that is considered a bug and will be fixed in Perl 5.16. It -is supposed to tie the scalar C<$handle>, not the handle inside it. -C<tie $handle> emits a deprecation warning as of Perl 5.14. +asterisk. So, if you are tying STDOUT, use C<*STDOUT>. If you have +assigned it to a scalar variable, say C<$handle>, use C<*$handle>. +C<tie $handle> ties the scalar variable C<$handle>, not the handle inside +it. In our example we're going to create a shouting handle. |