>perl -MDevel::Peek -e"Dump('Hello Sailor')" SV = PV(0x228e68) at 0x1831670 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADTMP,POK,READONLY,pPOK) ^^^^^^^^ PV = 0x1833f3c "Hello Sailor"\0 CUR = 12 LEN = 16 #### >perl -T -MDevel::Peek -e"Dump($ARGV[0])" foo SV = PVMG(0x1822dcc) at 0x226ba0 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (GMG,SMG,pPOK) IV = 0 NV = 0 PV = 0x182d324 "foo"\0 CUR = 3 LEN = 4 MAGIC = 0x182d33c MG_VIRTUAL = &PL_vtbl_taint MG_TYPE = PERL_MAGIC_taint(t) MG_LEN = 1