I'm sure there is a more accurate name for what I am trying to do, so this title will have to do. More or less, I've got a package that I am storing the state using Data::Dumper and loading it back in with eval. You're probably already starting to cringe ;-)

Here is a short, simplified snippet that displays what I've got so far and what I need to know how to fix. It will probably only be one line. (This is just a brief overview of what I'm trying to do; the real code is running with strict, etc.) 
my $test = Test->new(123);
$test->change(345);
print $test->{id}; # Should print 345

package Test;
sub new {
    bless{
        id=>$_[1],
    }
}

sub change {
    my($self,$id) = @_;
    my $t2 = Test->new($id);
    $self = $t2; # This line is broke
}

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Any ideas on how to obtain the desired effect? On a side note, is storing states with Data::Dumper so terrible that I should do something else?

Thanks,
-billyak

In reply to Object Swaps by billyak

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