YAML::XS 0.69 does not bless objects anymore if you use $LoadBlessed = 0, just like you can do in YAML::Syck. That's what I wrote in the article. Unblessing o

YAML::XS 0.69 does not bless objects anymore if you use $LoadBlessed = 0, just like you can do in YAML::Syck. That's what I wrote in the article. Unblessing objects afterwards is simply the last resort, and if you do it directly after loading, it should make the process quite safe. That's why I mentioned it. Unblessing via the method I mentioned will prevent it from calling DESTROY methods. So I don't understand your problem.