Scalar::Util::LooksLikeNumber contains looks_like_number() like
Scalar::Util's looks_like_number(), except it returns the raw value
from the C function.  Scalar::Util used to do this also, but it
returns a booleanized value since 1.39.

WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Scalar-Util-LooksLikeNumber/