$ perl -MDevel::Peek -e'@a=qw( a b c ); sub { Dump($_[0]) }->( $#a );' SV = PVMG(0x1d36630) at 0x1cfcfd0 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (GMG,SMG) IV = 0 NV = 0 PV = 0 MAGIC = 0x1cf6ab0 MG_VIRTUAL = &PL_vtbl_arylen MG_TYPE = PERL_MAGIC_arylen(#) MG_OBJ = 0x1d07d10