And just in case you have to process XML that you don't produce and is invalid

Terminology is important here. There is no such thing as "invalid XML". If your data doesn't follow the XML specs then it is not XML.

When presented with data that is supposed to be XML but isn't, the best action is to insist that it be replaced by something that is XML. Remember how the web was taken over by invalid HTML because browsers were too lenient? Let's not allow XML to go the same way.

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In reply to Re^4: XML::Simple cannot parse Simple XML file by davorg
in thread XML::Simple cannot parse Simple XML file by jeanluca

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