> perl -MDevel::Peek -e"$a=v1.0; $b='1.0'; Dump$a; Dump$b" SV = PV(0x182ebf4) at 0x182383c REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (POK,pPOK) PV = 0x182013c "\1\0"\0 CUR = 2 LEN = 3 SV = PV(0x182ec24) at 0x1823848 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (POK,pPOK) PV = 0x182012c "1.0"\0 CUR = 3 LEN = 4 #### .