use Devel::Peek;; my @a = 1 .. 87382; Dump \@a; ; undef @a; ; my $b = 'x'x2**20; Dump \$b; ; SV = RV(0x183573c) at 0x1cd99fc REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (TEMP,ROK) RV = 0x195d6d0 SV = PVAV(0x195cb7c) at 0x195d6d0 REFCNT = 2 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY) IV = 0 NV = 0 ARRAY = 0x1d2fbbc FILL = 87381 MAX = 87381 ARYLEN = 0x0 FLAGS = (REAL) Elt No. 0 SV = IV(0x194246c) at 0x195d82c REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 1 Elt No. 1 SV = IV(0x1942468) at 0x195d814 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 2 Elt No. 2 SV = IV(0x1942470) at 0x1824704 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 3 Elt No. 3 SV = IV(0x1942474) at 0x195d7fc REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 4 SV = RV(0x183573c) at 0x195d82c REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (TEMP,ROK) RV = 0x1cd999c SV = PV(0x225584) at 0x1cd999c REFCNT = 2 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,POK,pPOK) PV = 0x203002c "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx... CUR = 1048576 LEN = 1048577