$ perl -MData::Dumper -e '$foo=[1..5]; $bar=[[6..10], $foo];$d=Data::Dumper->new([$bar]); $d->Seen({foo => $foo}); print $d->Dump' $VAR1 = [ [ 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ], [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] ];