GrandFather, I agree. I'm not sure about Perl 5.10.x, but XML::Simple is stock on 5.8.8 (I'm fairly sure - better double check that), which is why I chose it. That and the fact that it is fairly lite and wasn't much fuss.

"I agree that XML::Simple is only good for simple stuff - expescially the stability gets pretty bad when the structure is very flexible and not static."

It sure does smell that way, weismat. Jenda mentions the 'Hint' option for XMLin(), which wouldn't be so bad in this instance, maybe, but I'd prefer not to ever expect anything.

In reply to Re: XML & data structure parsing fun (XML::Simple ??) by kabeldag
in thread XML & data structure parsing fun (XML::Simple ??) by kabeldag

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