C:\test>perl -MDevel::Peek -we "$a=1.2;Dump($a);$b="$a";Dump($a)" Name "main::b" used only once: possible typo at -e line 1. SV = NV(0x1bc58c0) at 0x1bd2a50 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (NOK,pNOK) NV = 1.2 SV = NV(0x1bc58c0) at 0x1bd2a50 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (NOK,pNOK) NV = 1.2