Hi, I've included the XML file, and the Data::Dumper output for this XML. I hope this helps. The issue appears to be one of symbolic dereferencing rather than XS. 

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<galaxy>
    <jane>
        <street>Long Lane</street>
        <city>London</city>
        <tel_num>441513556421</tel_num>
    </jane>
    <jon>
        <street>Short Street</street>
        <city>Liverpool</city>
        <tel_num>441512232233</tel_num>
    </jon>
    <sara>
        <street>Apple Avenue</street>
        <city>Manchester</city>
        <tel_num>441223423387</tel_num>
    </sara>
</galaxy>


$VAR1 = {
          'jane' => {
                      'tel_num' => '441513556421',
                      'city' => 'London',
                      'street' => 'Long Lane'
                    },
          'sara' => {
                      'tel_num' => '441223423387',
                      'city' => 'Manchester',
                      'street' => 'Apple Avenue'
                    },
          'jon' => {
                     'tel_num' => '441512232233',
                     'city' => 'Liverpool',
                     'street' => 'Short Street'
                   }
        };

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In reply to Re: Re: Problem with symbolic deferencing into XML::Simple's internal representation of an XML file. by Anonymous Monk
in thread Problem with symbolic deferencing into XML::Simple's internal representation of an XML file. by Anonymous Monk

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