How has support for Storable and serialization changed across recent Perl versions?

Support for Storable and serialization in Perl has evolved over various versions, enhancing the functionality and reliability of data serialization. Earlier implementations provided basic serialization capabilities, while newer Perl versions offer improved features, better performance, and greater data integrity.

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# Example of using Storable for serialization in Perl
use Storable qw(store retrieve);

# Creating a data structure
my $data = { name => "John Doe", age => 30, city => "New York" };

# Serializing data to a file
store $data, 'datafile.storable';

# Retrieving data from a file
my $stored_data = retrieve('datafile.storable');

print "Name: $stored_data->{name}, Age: $stored_data->{age}, City: $stored_data->{city}\n";
    

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