in reply to XML to Hash Truncating Keys Problem

While the usage of XML::Simple is discouraged even by its author, it should do exactly what you want here.

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Re^2: XML to Hash Truncating Keys Problem
by Jenda (Abbot) on Apr 02, 2019 at 22:26 UTC

    It would. The catch is that the data structure would be inconsistent and fragile. See Simpler than XML::Simple.

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