Hi, I'm using XML::Simple for parsing some configuration files. All works fine except that XML::Simple tends to "simplify" the structure of the XML file, so that if I do a XMLin(), then a XMLout(), I usually don't get the same format back, although the contents are equivalent. For example: 
<config ip="127.0.0.1" port="12345">
  <timeout>1000</timeout>
</config>

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tends to give me (I did try setting a few options): 
<config ip="127.0.0.1" port="12345" timeout="1000"/>

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When I need to share the configuration structure with another application, this can become a problem.

So is there a simple way to set the options (or some other means) with XML::Simple that can make sure the in-out round trip gives exactly the same structure?

Thanks

In reply to Keeping XML structure with XML::Simple by johnnywang

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