perl -MDevel::Peek -e'$x = 3; qq($x); $x+=1; Dump $x; $y=$x; Dump $y' SV = PVIV(0x15d75f4) at 0x15d57e4 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 4 PV = 0x1a53acc "3"\0 CUR = 1 LEN = 2 SV = PVIV(0x15d7604) at 0x15d64d4 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 4 PV = 0