$ perl -MDevel::Peek -E'my $x = 1; print "$x\n"; print Dump($x)' 1 SV = PVIV(0x864e218) at 0x864d738 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADMY,IOK,POK,pIOK,pPOK) IV = 1 PV = 0x86483a8 "1"\0 CUR = 1 LEN = 12 $ perl -MDevel::Peek -E'my $x = 1; print $x,"\n"; print Dump($x)' 1 SV = IV(0x86b0724) at 0x86b0728 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADMY,IOK,pIOK) IV = 1