DBI::Go...torable(3)

💖 DBI::Gofer::Serializer::Storable 💖

okay so bestie, this is the Gofer serialization era, and we're doing it with Storable. that's the whole vibe. it lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of the manual, and yes the title is literally abbreviated to DBI::Go...torable(3) because the terminal is not gonna give us infinite width, we work with what we have. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

DBI::Gofer::Serializer::Storable — Gofer serialization using Storable. periodt. that's the name, that's the job.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

here's the look. stay with me:

$serializer = DBI::Gofer::Serializer::Storable->new();

$string = $serializer->serialize( $data );
($string, $deserializer_class) = $serializer->serialize( $data );

$data = $serializer->deserialize( $string );

see how serialize can hand you back one thing or two things depending on how you call it? yeah. main character behaviour honestly. 🙈

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so what is actually happening under the cute little hood:

• it uses Storable::nfreeze() to serialize 🔥
• and it uses Storable::thaw() to deserialize 🦋

that's the whole engine. slay.

now, the important bit, the one that actually saves you:

the serialize() method sets local $Storable::forgive_me = 1; — which means it doesn't croak if it bumps into data types that can't be serialized, like code refs</> 😭 so it's forgiving. it forgives. forgive_me, iconic, no notes.

heads up bestie: that local is doing real work here — it's scoped, it's temporary, and it's the only reason your weird little un-serializable data isn't gonna wreck your whole day.

also, if you wanna meet the parent, the blueprint, the origin story:

• See also DBI::Gofer::Serializer::Base.

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that's the whole page, you ate it, i'm obsessed. 💖✨

perl v5.42.3 · 2026-10-19 · and that's from the DBI::Go...torable(3) corner of the User Contributed Perl Documentation. mwah. 🫶🎀