$ perl -MDevel::Peek my $r = qr/foo/; my $n = 'bar'; Dump( $r ); Dump( $n ); SV = RV(0x817fb18) at 0x8152cdc REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,ROK) RV = 0x81535dc SV = PVMG(0x816dac8) at 0x81535dc REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (OBJECT,SMG) IV = 0 NV = 0 PV = 0 MAGIC = 0x817c1f8 MG_VIRTUAL = 0x814ee88 MG_TYPE = PERL_MAGIC_qr(r) MG_OBJ = 0x8175270 STASH = 0x81530f0 "Regexp" SV = PV(0x8153b00) at 0x815360c REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (PADBUSY,PADMY,POK,pPOK) PV = 0x816ba88 "bar"\0 CUR = 3 LEN = 4