#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Devel::Peek; my $var = 13; Dump($var); print "\n\n"; my $dummy = q...$var; Dump($var); __END__ SV = IV(0x8194b2c) at 0x8193d70 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,IOK,pIOK) IV = 13 SV = PVIV(0x8184448) at 0x8193d70 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,IOK,POK,pIOK,pPOK) IV = 13 PV = 0x818bca0 "13"\0 CUR = 2 LEN = 3