Thanks graff. You have been great help. Yes, you are right about stressing on the point about OP and point is well taken. I understand your solution. But, what still confounds me completely is how the XML::Parser is able to detect the badly formed XML file even if the program is parsing one line at a time. This obviously could be because my understanding of the XML::Parser is limited. One of the unintended consequences that your reply had gave me an insight into a problem that I had earlier, but never got around asking the permonks site. Aren't unintended consequences great when they turn out to be good? Thanks macho again!

In reply to Re^4: Bug in XML::Parser by manunamu
in thread Bug in XML::Parser by manunamu

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