>perl -e"use Devel::Peek; $x='123'; Dump($x); 0+$x; Dump($x);" SV = PV(0x2369cc) at 0x182a22c REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (POK,pPOK) PV = 0x23fee4 "123"\0 CUR = 3 LEN = 4 SV = PVIV(0x182005c) at 0x182a22c REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,POK,pIOK,pPOK) IV = 123 PV = 0x23fee4 "123"\0 CUR = 3 LEN = 4