$ perl -MDevel::Peek -e' my $foo = "foo"; my $x; Dump($x); Dump($foo); for $x ($foo) { Dump($x); $f = sub { Dump($x) } } $f->() ' SV = NULL(0x0) at 0x814f69c SV = PV(0x814fb00) at 0x814ecdc SV = PV(0x814fb00) at 0x814ecdc SV = PV(0x814fb00) at 0x814ecdc