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Re: XML::Simple oddness

by rpc (Monk)

on May 16, 2001 at 23:49 UTC ( [id://81052]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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I don't think this is necessarily a bug in Expat.pm, but it is definitely an artifact. Since the expat interface can handle so many different types of data (scalars, scalar refs, tied handles), this warning is generated when Expat.pm is trying to determine how to parse the argument given. Apparently XML::Simple passes the argument as a string, which causes that eval block to puke.

I think mod_perl is setting up a $SIG{__DIE__} handler, and it doesn't care whether or not it occured in an eval. As to a solution, what about enclosing XMLin in its own block, that contains no strict 'refs' ?

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Re: Re: XML::Simple oddness
by lindex (Friar) on May 17, 2001 at 02:04 UTC

Well the block in XML::Parser::Expat that puks is inside a eval, how ever I did modify the $SIG{__DIE__} for mod_perl on my server, as well as recompiled mod_perl and apache to no-longer use expat-lite (the reason behind the module causeing the system to &die(); was accually a segfault due to conflicting links to different expat libs) its working now. But something should be done about the warning that XML::Parser::Expat throws :\

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