I'm trying to use XML::TokeParser to slurp up some XML format log files and process them.

Occasionally I hit an malformed (truncated) XML file which causes XML::TokeParser to fall over with:

"no element found at line 35, column 15, byte 4948 at C:/Perl/site/lib/XML/TokePa rser.pm line 159"

The code looks something like this: 

$parser = XML::TokeParser->new("somefile.xml");
if ( $parser->get_tag('footer')) {
                                   # do stuff
                    }

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It fails on the "get_tag" because the "footer" tag does not exist.

Shouldn't it do something sensible like return undef if it can't find the tag?

Any help gratefully received.

In reply to XML::TokeParser and malformed XML by Anonymous Monk

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