call_method(methname, G_SCALAR);
}
else {
- /* Not clear why we don't call call_method here too.
- * perhaps to get different error message ?
+ /* Can't use call_method here, else this: fileno FOO; tie @a, "FOO"
+ * will attempt to invoke IO::File::TIEARRAY, with (best case) the
+ * wrong error message, and worse case, supreme action at a distance.
+ * (Sorry obfuscation writers. You're not going to be given this one.)
*/
STRLEN len;
const char *name = SvPV_nomg_const(*MARK, len);