The problem is not quite so trivial as you describe as the following code demonstrates:

use warnings;
use strict;
use XML::Twig;

my $children = 10000;
my $found;
my $xmlStr = <<XML;
<XML>
@{["<lemma>1</lemma>\n" x $children]}
</XML>
XML

my $twig = XML::Twig->new(
    keep_encoding => 1,
    twig_handlers => {'lemma' => \&ProcessLemma}
    );

$twig->parse($xmlStr);
print "Expected $children, found $found\n";


sub ProcessLemma {
    my ($XmlTwig, $XmlLemma) = @_;

    ++$found;
    $XmlLemma->purge;
    return 1;
}

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Prints:

Expected 10000, found 10000

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Perhaps you can use a generated XML test case shown above to reproduce your issue?

True laziness is hard work

In reply to Re: XML::Twig too many children? by GrandFather
in thread XML::Twig too many children? by Anonymous Monk

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