use Scalar::Util "dualvar";
my $ns = dualvar 42, 'The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything'; printf("as number = '%d', as string = '%s'\n", $ns, $ns);
doh! I /knew/ there was a module that did that. I looked for it, but I just couldn't seem to find it.
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