"So by (good) design it slurps a whole XML file into memory."

Okay, now I traced each line of the source code. I think we are lucky that the XML::Simple module didn't follow your good design and slurp the file.

Slurping a whole file, in order to use a SAX::Parser? Good he/she didn't do it.

To be frank with you, the point is really not whether XML::Simple slurp the whole file or not, that's not something you or me can change, it was just done in that way, but it is a very poor judgement to praise "slurp a whole file" as a good design in this context.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: XML::Simple noisy option? by pg
in thread XML::Simple noisy option? by Anonymous Monk

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