Or, add a hashref with lots of new options instead of more new like methods. ++, but there's no need for a hash reference: 
my $parser1 = HTML::TokePaser::Simple->new(path => $file_name); 
my $parser2 = HTML::TokePaser::Simple->new(handle => $file_handle);
my $parser3 = HTML::TokePaser::Simple->new(string => $string); 
my $parser4 = HTML::TokePaser::Simple->new(fqdn => $fqdn);

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I like it more. It is extensible, reusable and faster. Sure it is possible and a good solution too. 
  sub guess_mode {
    my $class = shift;
    ( ref($_[0]) =~ /^IO|FileHandle/) ? 'handle' : 
    ( ref($_[0]) eq 'SCALAR' )        ? 'stringref' : 
    ( $_[0] =~ /^\w{3-6}\:/ )         ? 'uri' : 
    ( length($_[0]) > 1024 )          ? 'string' : 
                                        'path';
  }

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Please no guess mode, this make a module unsable. I like pathnames > 1024, even if I do not type them, but I may use a module to parse my harddisk with a larger path. Also files on my disk contain ':' and so on.
Boris

In reply to Re^3: HTML::TokeParser::Simple advice requested by borisz
in thread HTML::TokeParser::Simple advice requested by Ovid

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