I've searched manuals and the web and this site till I can no longer think straight. I think what I want to do is simple, but I must be missing something. I have some XML: 
<tabs>
<tab name="foo">
<flag name="one" params="123">First</flag>
<list name="two" params="456">Second</list>
<list name="three" params="abc">Third</list>
<other>stuff</other>
</tab>
<tab name="bar">
...
</tab>
</tabs>

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I can change the flag and list items to look like <item type="flag"... etc.

I want to be able to parse this XML along the lines of XML::Simple, but I need to know the order of "one", "two" and "three". Since XML::Simple puts them in a hash, the order is lost. I would not mind an array of hashes with the flag and list items, but I haven't been able to force that. I'd prefer not to have the user have to put in order="n" for each of these.

Any help with a library or even an XML redesign would be appreciated. --traveler

In reply to Ordered XML items (XML::Simple?) by traveler

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