sub parse {
  my $self = shift;
  my $arg = shift;
  croak "Parse already in progress (Expat)" if $self->{Used};
  $self->{Used} = 1;
  my $parser = $self->{Parser};
  my $ioref;
  my $result = 0;
  
  if (defined $arg) {
    if (ref($arg) and UNIVERSAL::isa($arg, 'IO::Handler')) {
      $ioref = $arg;
    } else {
      eval {
        no strict 'refs';
	$ioref = *{$arg}{IO};
      };
    }
  }
  
  if (defined($ioref)) {
    my $delim = $self->{Stream_Delimiter};
    my $prev_rs;
    
    $prev_rs = ref($ioref)->input_record_separator("\n$delim\n")
      if defined($delim);
    
    $result = ParseStream($parser, $ioref, $delim);  ### Line 439
        
    ref($ioref)->input_record_separator($prev_rs)
      if defined($delim);
  } else {
    $result = ParseString($parser, $arg);
  }
  
  $result or croak $self->{ErrorMessage};
}