#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Devel::Size 'total_size'; use Devel::Peek; my $a = \"$$"; my $b = \""; my $c = \do {my $foo}; my $d = \eval{undef}; print total_size($a), "\n"; print total_size($b), "\n"; print total_size($c), "\n"; print total_size($d), "\n"; print "-----\n"; print Dump($a); print Dump($c); print Dump($d);