use strict; use warnings; use Devel::Peek; my @x = 1..3; print "Dump of \@x:\n"; Dump \@x; $#x = -1; my @y = 1; print "\nDump of \@y:\n"; Dump \@y; print "\nDump of \@x:\n"; Dump \@x; __END__ Dump of @x: SV = RV(0x8138618) at 0x811b574 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (TEMP,ROK) RV = 0x8128d68 SV = PVAV(0x811c904) at 0x8128d68 REFCNT = 2 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY) IV = 0 NV = 0 ARRAY = 0x8154d00 FILL = 2 MAX = 3 ARYLEN = 0x0 FLAGS = (REAL) Elt No. 0 SV = IV(0x81286a8) at 0x811b400 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 1 Elt No. 1 SV = IV(0x81286ac) at 0x811b4b4 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 2 Elt No. 2 SV = IV(0x81286a4) at 0x811b538 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 3 Dump of @y: SV = RV(0x8138618) at 0x811b4b4 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (TEMP,ROK) RV = 0x8144dc8 SV = PVAV(0x811c95c) at 0x8144dc8 REFCNT = 2 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY) IV = 0 NV = 0 ARRAY = 0x814abd8 FILL = 0 MAX = 3 ARYLEN = 0x0 FLAGS = (REAL) Elt No. 0 SV = IV(0x81286a8) at 0x811b400 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 1 Dump of @x: SV = RV(0x8138618) at 0x811b4b4 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (TEMP,ROK) RV = 0x8128d68 SV = PVAV(0x811c904) at 0x8128d68 REFCNT = 2 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY) IV = 0 NV = 0 ARRAY = 0x8154d00 FILL = -1 MAX = 3 ARYLEN = 0x811b574 FLAGS = (REAL)