Hmm, although I have been using these modules with success quite often, I am pis*ed off with the XML, HTML, JSON, CSV, etc. modules that are too stringent on the syntax and fail at the first syntax mistake.

I am happy when these modules produce perfect syntax-compliant output, but much less happy when they choke and fail at some mistake upon reading the input. Come on, why isn't it apparently possible to implement a DWIM principle in these formats?

Quite a few times, I have had to use my own poor regex solution because these modules are usually unable to cope with only very slightly deviant format.

I understand that there is no perfect solution to this problem, but there could be at least a "strict" and a "lenient" mode in these modules to cope with different situations. I may be wrong, but I do not know of any of these modules having such different modes.

In reply to Re: Reading a particular xml by Laurent_R
in thread Reading a particular xml by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.