libscalar-type-perl 1.0.0-1build3 (amd64 binary) in ubuntu noble

 Perl scalars can be either strings or numbers, and normally you don't really
 care which is which as it will do all the necessary type conversions
 automagically.
 .
 But in some rare cases, generally when you are serialising data, the
 difference matters. Scalar::Type provides some useful functions to help you
 figure out what's what.