I see what you mean 
use Devel::Peek qw( Dump );

{ my $v1 = "test"; Dump($v1); }
{ my $v2 = "test"; Dump($v2); }
{ my $v3 = "test"; Dump($v3); }

__END__
SV = PV(0x1abea7c) at 0x1ab2710
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x1aa01f4 "test"\0            0x1aa01f4
  CUR = 4
  LEN = 5
SV = PV(0x1abea94) at 0x1ab26f8
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x1aa01e4 "test"\0            0x1aa01e4
  CUR = 4
  LEN = 5
SV = PV(0x1abeaac) at 0x1ab2734
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x1aa01d4 "test"\0            0x1aa01d4
  CUR = 4
  LEN = 5

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vs 
use Devel::Peek qw( Dump );

{ my $v1 = "test"; Dump($v1); undef $v1; }
{ my $v2 = "test"; Dump($v2); undef $v2; }
{ my $v3 = "test"; Dump($v3); undef $v3; }

__END__
SV = PV(0x1abea7c) at 0x1ab26d4
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x1aa01f4 "test"\0            0x1aa01f4
  CUR = 4
  LEN = 5
SV = PV(0x1abea94) at 0x1ab26f8
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x1aa01f4 "test"\0            0x1aa01f4
  CUR = 4
  LEN = 5
SV = PV(0x1abeaac) at 0x1ab26c8
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x1aa01f4 "test"\0            0x1aa01f4
  CUR = 4
  LEN = 5

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In reply to Re^4: perl memory re-usage by ikegami
in thread perl memory re-usage by mreece

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