Re: Variable value seems to change on it own (huh!)

[Doug MacEachern]

> sub parse_response {
 
>    sub process_tag {

>    }
> }

why do you nest this subroutine?  the guide and other docs explain the
"variable will not stay shared" problem that normally bites people under
Apache::Registry.  just move the process_tag subroutine declaration
outside of parse_response:

sub parse_response {
...
}

sub process_tag {
}