perl -MDevel::Peek -e'$x=42; "$x"; $y = $x; Dump $y' SV = PVIV(0x814e9a8) at 0x814d518 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,POK,pIOK,pPOK) IV = 42 PV = 0x8168e70 "42"\0 CUR = 2 LEN = 4