# test.pl

use warnings;
use Devel::Peek;

$template = 'D<';
$nv = 2.4;
$p = pack $template, $nv;
$s = "'$p'";

Dump $s;

system $^X, '-wle', "print unpack('H*', $s);";

##</code><code>##

C:\_32\pscrpt>perl test.pl
SV = PV(0x4bcf98) at 0x571248
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x4b7e88 "'\232\231\231\231\231\231\231\231\0@\0\0\0\0\0\0'"\0
  CUR = 18
  LEN = 20
Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.

##</code><code>##

C:\_32\pscrpt>perl test.pl
SV = PV(0x3ecf98) at 0x383348
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x3e7e88 "'\vL\177v\257zb\206\264>\0\0\0\0\0\0'"\0
  CUR = 18
  LEN = 20
Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.

##</code><code>##

C:\_32\pscrpt>perl test.pl
SV = PV(0x26cf98) at 0x5311f8
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x267e88 "'9\302\271\243\"\211\224\255\264>\0\0\0\0\0\0'"\0
  CUR = 18
  LEN = 20
Use of uninitialized value $_ in print at -e line 1.

##</code><code>##

C:\_32\pscrpt>perl test.pl
SV = PV(0x38cf98) at 0x4c51b8
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x387e88 "'\245^,\356\266\0208\270\266>\0\0\0\0\0\0'"\0
  CUR = 18
  LEN = 20
Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.