Indeed it does. That leads me to wander off topic. I had tried $doc = "$doc";, which was close but does not work. Even this does not work: 
my $copy = $doc;
undef *doc;
$doc = $copy;

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After that, $doc is still a blessed object (although $copy isn't). From this, I conclude that I don't understand symbol tables. Why doesn't it work to undef everything about $doc? (For that matter, why isn't $copy a blessed object?) Is there a way to "unbless" $doc and to remove its object flag after it has been mucked with by XML::Writer?

In reply to Re^6: XML::Writer oddness by TedHopp
in thread XML::Writer oddness by TedHopp

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