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The spec at least has a type for a proper alias

Hm. Wouldn't REFP be more appropriate? (In that the described problem is a dereferencable, reference rather than an alias.)

That said, Storable & Clone (and even Dump) handle references to arrays and hashes, including ensuring that multiple embedded references to the same array or hash retain that property once thawed. It is a bit strange that they don't handle scalar references correctly.

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