C:\> perl -MDevel::Peek -e"Dump { } SV = RV(0x183cfc8) at 0x226074 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (TEMP,ROK) RV = 0x225f84 SV = PVHV(0x22b504) at 0x225f84 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (SHAREKEYS) IV = 0 <<<------------------------------------------ NV = 0 ARRAY = 0x0 KEYS = 0 <<<------------------------------------------ FILL = 0 MAX = 7 RITER = -1 EITER = 0x0 C:\>perl -MDevel::Peek -e"Dump { 1..10 } SV = RV(0x183cfc8) at 0x182f4f4 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (TEMP,ROK) RV = 0x225f94 SV = PVHV(0x22b514) at 0x225f94 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (SHAREKEYS) IV = 5 <<<------------------------------------------ NV = 0 ARRAY = 0x1825554 (0:3, 1:5) hash quality = 150.0% KEYS = 5 <<<------------------------------------------ FILL = 5 MAX = 7 RITER = -1 EITER = 0x0 Elt "1" HASH = 0x806b80c9 SV = IV(0x1828ce0) at 0x226084 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 2 Elt "3" HASH = 0xa400c7f3 SV = IV(0x1828d04) at 0x2260b4 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 4 Elt "7" HASH = 0xecc9d984 SV = IV(0x1828d14) at 0x2260f0 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (IOK,pIOK) IV = 8