$ perl -MDevel::Peek -e 'my $x=undef; Dump($x)' SV = NULL(0x0) at 0x25ea5f8 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = () $ perl -MDevel::Peek -e 'my $x=0; Dump($x)' SV = IV(0x22ae518) at 0x22ae538 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 0 $ perl -MDevel::Peek -e 'my $x=""; Dump($x)' SV = PV(0xa3e70) at 0xa390e8 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (POK,IsCOW,pPOK) PV = 0xa398f0 ""\0 CUR = 0 LEN = 10 COW_REFCNT = 1 $ perl -MDevel::Peek -e 'my $x=defined(); Dump($x)' SV = PVNV(0x3f230e0) at 0x3fe6108 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,NOK,POK,pIOK,pNOK,pPOK) IV = 0 NV = 0 PV = 0x3f6a860 ""\0 CUR = 0 LEN = 10