This works: 

my %grave;
sub bury {
    my( $object )= @_;
    $grave{$obj}= $object;
}
sub resurrect {
    my( $string )= @_;
    return delete $grave{$string};
}

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Note that resurrect deletes the entry so if you want to resurrect an object again, you have to bury it again first.

Now, if you want to resurrect an object that you haven't cached beforehand, then, no, that isn't supported. For one thing, when you turn your object into a string, the string doesn't hold a reference to the object so the object will be destroyed if there isn't some reference to it elsewhere.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

In reply to (tye)Re: resurrecting objects? by tye
in thread resurrecting objects? by perchance

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