$ perl -e'use Devel::Peek; my $x = 5; Dump($x) ; my $y .= 5; Dump($y);' SV = IV(0x2fc84) at 0x2fc88 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADMY,IOK,pIOK) IV = 5 SV = PV(0x13838) at 0x2fcd8 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADMY,POK,pPOK) PV = 0x2ac18 "5"\0 CUR = 1 LEN = 12