use warnings;
use strict;
use XML::Twig;

my $children = 10000;
my $found;
my $xmlStr = <<XML;
<XML>
@{["<lemma>1</lemma>\n" x $children]}
</XML>
XML

my $twig = XML::Twig->new(
    keep_encoding => 1,
    twig_handlers => {'lemma' => \&ProcessLemma}
    );

$twig->parse($xmlStr);
print "Expected $children, found $found\n";


sub ProcessLemma {
    my ($XmlTwig, $XmlLemma) = @_;

    ++$found;
    $XmlLemma->purge;
    return 1;
}

##</code><code>##

Expected 10000, found 10000