Thank you. Very informative.

YAML seems ok in this case: 

 ysh -r
Welcome to the YAML Test Shell. Type ':help' for more information.

ysh > $a = { type => 'int' };
--- #YAML:1.0
type: int
ysh > $b = \$a->{type};
--- #YAML:1.0 !perl/ref:
=: int
ysh > [$b,$a]
--- #YAML:1.0
- !perl/ref:
  =: int
- type: !perl/ref:
    =: int
ysh > $$b={hi=>'there'}
--- #YAML:1.0
hi: there
ysh > [$b,$a]
--- #YAML:1.0
- !perl/ref:
  =: &1
    hi: there
- type: *1

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Update: I'm not so sure. That !perl/ref: disappears
Ah. Perhaps b/c a hash is assumed to be a reference in YAML.

In reply to Re: Re: Data::Dumper scalar refs undef by bsb
in thread Data::Dumper scalar refs undef by bsb

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