I am using Data::Dumper to save the state of a very deeply nested object to file. The nested structure contains:

A) Duplicate references to the same sub-components

B) References to functions

The problem I am having is that, in order for the duplicate references to be read correctly as duplicates, I have to set: 
local $Data::Dumper::Purity = 1;

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But then, when the dumper encounters the references to functions, it outputs the following message:

Encountered CODE ref, using dummy placeholder at C:/Perl/lib/Data/Dumper.pm line 190.

If I set Purity to undef, then that message does not appear, but then the duplicate references are read as separate instances.

Is there a way around this issue?

Thx

Alain Désilets

In reply to Avoiding the "Encountered CODE ref" message when using Data::Dumper by alain_desilets

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