perl -MDevel::Size=total_size -MDevel::Peek -e 'my @a; my $s = total_size(\@a);print "\nSIZE : $s\n"; Dump \@a, 1' SIZE : 56 SV = RV(0x822f26c) at 0x8184a60 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (TEMP,ROK) RV = 0x8184b14 SV = PVAV(0x8186c54) at 0x8184b14 REFCNT = 2 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY) IV = 0 NV = 0 ARRAY = 0x0 FILL = -1 MAX = -1 ARYLEN = 0x0 FLAGS = (REAL)