my $parent1 = Person->create({ name => 'P1' }); my $parent2 = Person->create({ name => 'P2' }); I guess I was hoping to say something like this:

my $parent = Person->create({ name => 'P' });

my $child = Person->create({ name => 'C1', parent => $parent });
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But I can live without it. :-)