$ perl -MDevel::Peek \ -e'$x="abc"; Dump($x); Dump($1); for $1 ($x) { Dump($1); }' SV = PV(0xd0e9e0) at 0xd2b810 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (POK,IsCOW,pPOK) PV = 0xd33f20 "abc"\0 CUR = 3 LEN = 10 COW_REFCNT = 1 SV = PVMG(0xd23870) at 0xd36138 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (GMG,SMG) IV = 0 NV = 0 PV = 0 MAGIC = 0xd44e10 MG_VIRTUAL = &PL_vtbl_sv MG_TYPE = PERL_MAGIC_sv(\0) MG_OBJ = 0xd36120 MG_LEN = 1 SV = PV(0xd0e9e0) at 0xd2b810 REFCNT = 2 FLAGS = (POK,IsCOW,pPOK) PV = 0xd33f20 "abc"\0 CUR = 3 LEN = 10 COW_REFCNT = 1