use strict; use warnings; use Devel::Peek; my $true = 1; my $ref; if ($true) { my $fred = 42; $ref = \$fred; } print Dump($$ref); #### SV = IV(0x3b2e0) at 0x3b2e4 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADMY,IOK,pIOK) IV = 42