Surely I'm doing something wrong here! There is now way a 27 line XML file can bring XML::Simple to it's knees.

When I run this code: 

use strict;
use warnings;
use XML::Simple;

my $associate = XMLin('./amazon.xml', forcearray=>0);

my $books = $associate->{books}->{item};
my $cds = $associate->{cds}->{item};
my $dvds = $associate->{dvds}->{item};
my $wish = $associate->{ wish}->{item};

foreach my $books (values %$books) {
    print "$books->{'asin'} \n";
    }

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I get this error:  Out of memory!

Here is my XML file: 

<associate>
    <books>
        <item item_name="Mysql and Perl for the Web" asin="0735710546"
+ />
        <item item_name="Macromedia Flash MX: Training from the Source
+" asin="0201794829" />
        <item item_name="XSLT" asin="0596000537" />
        <item item_name="Learning XML" asin="0596000464" />
        <item item_name="Programming Perl (3rd Edition)" asin="0596000
+278" />
        <item item_name="Network Programming with Perl" asin="02016157
+11" />
        <item item_name="Cisco Networking Academy Program: Fundamental
+s of UNIX Companion Guide" asin="1587130440" />
    </books>
    <dvds>
        <item item_name="Gladiator (2000)" asin="B00003CXE7" />
        <item item_name="The Princess Bride (Special Edition) (1987)" 
+asin="B00005LOKQ" />
        <item item_name="Pi" asin="078401213X" />                
    </dvds>
    <cds>
        <item item_name="OK Computer (Radiohead)" asin="B000002UJQ" />
        <item item_name="Pablo Honey (Radiohead)" asin="B000002UR7" />
        <item item_name="Parachutes (Coldplay)" asin="B0000508U6" />
        <item item_name="Hatful of Hollow (The Smiths)" asin="B000002M
+IF" />        
    </cds>
    <wish>
        <item item_name="The Usual Suspects (Special Edition) (1995)" 
+asin="B00005V9HH" />
        <item item_name="How to Win Friends and Influence People" asin
+="0671723650" />
        <item item_name="ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Gui
+de, Second Edition " asin="059600396X" />
    </wish>
</associate>

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Windows 2000
perl 5.6.1
XML::Simple 1.06


-Silent11

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