Off the side,

When i had need of such a construct (persistant hash of subs and stuff), i used a tied DBM with MLDBM (from CPAN). Once any pre-existing subroutines were entered you can just save the DBM and use it. Then it behaves like a hash, and you can have access to the code.

i would put some code here, but the DBM you implement changes the way you tie a hash to it. Anyway, hope this helps...

jynx