C:\test>perl -MDevel::Peek -le" my($m,$n) = (1,~~1); print Dump($m), ' ', Dump( $n )" SV = IV(0x2ca374) at 0x15501c REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,IOK,pIOK) IV = 1 SV = IV(0x2ca378) at 0x155010 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,IOK,pIOK) IV = 1