$ perl -wE'
my $v = v5.2.0;
say ord for split //, $v;
use Devel::Peek;
Dump $v;'
5
2
0
SV = PVMG(0x1fca8c0) at 0x1fd26e0
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (PADMY,SMG,RMG,POK,pPOK)
  IV = 0
  NV = 0
  PV = 0x1fcb820 "\5\2\0"\0
  CUR = 3
  LEN = 16
  MAGIC = 0x1fd50e0
    MG_VIRTUAL = &PL_vtbl_vstring
    MG_TYPE = PERL_MAGIC_vstring(V)
    MG_LEN = 6
    MG_PTR = 0x1fd96d0 "v5.2.0"