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I mean, when I do `do $file`, Perl would read the entire data structure at once and overwrite hash keys with the last value it reads. I wish there was a way for me to traverse through the data structure (which Perl would be doing internally to be able to find key collisions) manually.
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Re^5: Storing/parsing perl data structure in/from a file
by LanX (Saint) on Jun 13, 2013 at 00:06 UTC
    It's correct that do file means slurp + eval but your data only defines an anonymous hash on the top level. 
    {
  alpha => {
    beta => {
      gamma => theta,
      delta => lambda,
    },
    beta => {
      gamma => zeta,
    },
  },
},

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    you need to add a variable name!

    Cheers Rolf

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