perl -MO=Terse -e 'print scalar (a..d)' LISTOP (0x8982558) leave [1] OP (0x8982390) enter COP (0x89828c0) nextstate LISTOP (0x89824d0) print OP (0x897a7f8) pushmark UNOP (0x8982608) scalar UNOP (0x89825d0) null UNOP (0x8982668) flop UNOP (0x8982688) flip [2] LOGOP (0x89826f0) range [1] SVOP (0x89828a0) const [4] PV (0x8960920) "a" SVOP (0x89827e0) const [3] PV (0x897ee88) "d" -e syntax OK