How to replace a (sub's) stub using PPI?

I'm playing with PPI and the problem of fleshing out a stub has me baffled. The following snippet illustrates my problem.

#!/usr/bin/env perl use if (-d 'C:/Users/clueless_newbie'),lib=>'C:/Users/clueless_newbie/ +GOOGLE~1/code/lib'; use if (-d 'C:/Users/clueless_newbie'),lib=>'C:/Users/clueless_newbie/ +code/Perl-5/devlib'; # $ENV{DBG} -> compile time; $ENV{DEBUG} -> run time. use if ($ENV{DBG} || $ENV{DEBUG}),"Devel::UnComment","#[=]#","Keep"; use Data::Dumper; use PPI; use PPI::Dumper; use strict; use warnings; use 5.10.0; { # INTERNALS }; # INTERNALS my $raw=<<'__RAW__'; package FeeFi; sub Fee { print "Fee\n"; } sub Fi { print "Fi\n"; } -1; __RAW__ my %sub_h; { # Save the subs; replacing them with placeholders # Create the PPI document my $document=PPI::Document->new(\$raw) or die "oops!"; $document->save('before'); for my $sub (@{$document->find('PPI::Statement::Sub') || []}) { unless ($sub->forward) { #say $sub->name; # save the sub and its content $sub_h{$sub->name}{content}=$sub->content; # Replace the sub's block as a stub by removing its childr +en my @elements=$sub->block->children; for (my $i=0; $i < @elements; $i++) { $elements[$i]->remove; }; }; }; # Save the stubbed out "main/package" under the key ''; $sub_h{''}{content}=$document->content; }; #=# DEBUG [ sub_h=>\%sub_h ]; # Completing the round trip { # Create the stubbed out main my $document=PPI::Document->new(\$sub_h{''}{content}) or die "oops creating ''!"; #=# DEBUG '',PPI::Dumper->new($document,whitespace=>0)->string; # Find and flesh out the stubs for my $stub (@{$document->find('PPI::Statement::Sub') || []}) { unless ($stub->forward) { my $name=$stub->name; #=# TRACE $name; # Flesh out this stub my $sub=PPI::Document->new(\$sub_h{$name}{content})->find_ +first('PPI::Statement::Sub'); #=# TRACE '',PPI::Dumper->new($sub,whitespace=>0)->string; # So ow do I flesh out the stub from $sub???? $stub->insert_after($sub) # <=== Doesn't do it! or warn "Can't insert_after!"; #=# DEBUG '',PPI::Dumper->new($document,whitespace=>0)->st +ring; }; }; #=# DEBUG '',PPI::Dumper->new($document,whitespace=>0)->string; $document->save('after'); # <=== "after" should be prog +rammatically equal to "before" }; exit;

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