On Saturday 16 Jan 2010 17:17:12 Grant wrote:
> >> Anybody here familiar with XML::Simple? I need to parse some XML that
> >
> >> looks like this:
> > Don't use XML::Simple. It is anything but.
> >
> > {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{
> > <rindolf> perlbot: xml::Simple
> > <perlbot> rindolf: XML::Simple commits the fatal flaw of trying to
> > massage complicated and often irregular XML into the simple and highly
> > regular world of perl data structures. Irregularities cause "not a
> > hashref" sort of errors in your program. Use a real parser. see: xml
> > <rindolf> perlbot: xml
> > <perlbot> rindolf: Don't parse XML with regex! Use a real parser. Avoid
> > XML::Simple (see the xml::simple factoid). Choices are ::Easy, ::Smart,
> > ::Twig
>
> Thanks, which of these would you use?
>
I would use XML-LibXML.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> - Grant
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