MODULE = Devel::DebugScope              PACKAGE = Devel::DebugScope     PREFIX = ds_
 
 I32
 ds_scopestack_ix()
    CODE:
       RETVAL = PL_scopestack_ix;

 int
 ds_savestack_ix()
    CODE:
       RETVAL = PL_savestack_ix;
 
 void
 dump_scope()
    CODE:
       printf("scopestack_ix: %d\n", PL_scopestack_ix);
       printf("savestack_ix:  %d\n", PL_savestack_ix);
__END__
print savestack_ix() returns "*main::savestack_ix"

This is the part that eludes me. It should just be an integer and where the glob comes from... *shrug*