Regarding the equivelent to Storable, just use the Freeze()/Thaw() method (as per Data::Dumper) to register the method. Im reluctant to hard code the method names as I dont think it scales well.

use DDS;

sub Popsicle::Freeze {
    my ($self)=@_;
    $_[0]=bless \do{my $x=join "-",@$self},ref $self;
}

sub Popsicle::Thaw {
    my ($self)=@_;
    $_[0]=bless [ map {split /-/,$_ } $$self ],ref $self;
}

my $ig=bless ["A".."C"],"Popsicle";
my %h=(One=>1,Two=>2,Three=>$ig);

# "fix" statement thaw...
Dump->Names('first')
   ->FreezeClass('Popsicle'=>'Freeze')
   ->ThawClass('Popsicle'=>'Thaw')
   ->Data( \%h )->Out;
print "\n";

# inline thaw....
Dump->Names('second')
   ->FreezeClass('Popsicle'=>'Freeze')
   ->ThawClass('Popsicle'=>'->Thaw')
   ->Data( \%h )->Out;
print "\n";


# clear the hooks for Popsicle
Dump->Names('third')
   ->FreezeClass('Popsicle'=>'')
   ->ThawClass('Popsicle'=>'')
   ->Data( \%h )->Out;
print "\n";

# Using FreezeThaw to make it a bit easier...
Dump->Names('fourth')
    ->FreezeThaw('Popsicle'=>'Freeze','->Thaw')
    ->Data( \%h )->Out;
print "\n";

# Using generic hooks and not class specific ones
Dump->Names('fifth')
    ->Freeze('Freeze')
    ->Thaw('->Thaw')
    ->Data( \%h )->Out;
print "\n";

__END__
$first = {
           One   => 1,
           Three => bless( \do { my $v = 'A-B-C' }, 'Popsicle' ),
           Two   => 2
         };
$first->{Three}->Thaw();

$second = {
            One   => 1,
            Three => bless( \do { my $v = 'A-B-C' }, 'Popsicle' )->Tha
+w(),
            Two   => 2
          };

$third = {
           One   => 1,
           Three => bless( [
                      'A',
                      'B',
                      'C'
                    ], 'Popsicle' ),
           Two   => 2
         };

$fourth = {
            One   => 1,
            Three => bless( \do { my $v = 'A-B-C' }, 'Popsicle' )->Tha
+w(),
            Two   => 2
          };

$fifth = {
           One   => 1,
           Three => bless( \do { my $v = 'A-B-C' }, 'Popsicle' )->Thaw
+(),
           Two   => 2
         };
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