perl -MDevel::Peek -MDevel::Size=total_size -wle' my @a = qw( a b c ); Dump(\@a,1); # Shows no magic print total_size \@a; # 168 Dump(\@a,1); # Shows no magic $#a=$#a; # Add magic Dump(\@a,1); # Shows magic print total_size \@a; # 224 '