Scriptblocks serialized to Clixml are deserialized as strings #4218
Description
ScriptBlock objects are deserialized as strings when run through Import-CliXml.
@nightroman has a more detailed test case on his PowerShellTraps repo, including a link to a Microsoft Connect issue from March of 2015. This appears to have been migrated to the Windows Server UserVoice, but the issue still exists in v6.0.0-beta.3.
Steps to reproduce
{Get-Process} | Export-Clixml .\Test.clixml
Import-Clixml .\Test.Clixml | % GetType
Expected behavior
IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
True True ScriptBlock System.Object
Actual behavior
IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
True True String System.Object
Environment data
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.0.0-beta
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId v6.0.0-beta.3
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.15063
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0