:~$ perl -MDevel::Peek -E'"42"=~/(\d+)/; say $1; Dump $1; $a=$1+1; Dump $1; say $1; Dump $1' 2>&1 |grep IV IV = 0 IV = 42 IV = 42 :~$ #### ~$ perl -MDevel::Peek -E'"42"=~/(\d+)/; say $1; Dump $1; $a=$1+1; Dump $1; say $1; Dump $1' 2>&1 |grep FLAGS FLAGS = (GMG,SMG,POK,pPOK) FLAGS = (GMG,SMG,IOK,POK,pIOK,pPOK) FLAGS = (GMG,SMG,POK,pPOK)