shell> perl -MDevel::Peek - Dump $0; *0 = \ my $zero; Dump $0; ^D SV = PVMG(0x99900b0) at 0x999410c REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (GMG,SMG,pPOK) IV = 0 NV = 0 PV = 0x99950e8 "-"\0 CUR = 1 LEN = 2 MAGIC = 0x99950f8 MG_VIRTUAL = &PL_vtbl_sv MG_TYPE = PERL_MAGIC_sv(\0) MG_OBJ = 0x9994100 MG_LEN = 1 MG_PTR = 0x9995118 "0" SV = NULL(0x0) at 0x9997828 REFCNT = 2 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY)