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A general solution to this issue is discussed in theObject Serialization Basics node, which discusses the following modules:

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Re: Re: best way to pass data
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 22, 2003 at 18:31 UTC
    I would also recommend looking at the YAML module as a possible alternative to Data::Dumper. That way, if you ever want to read or print your data structure so that humans can understand it, you have very little to do! --Attila (need to find my passwd...)