Re: Help!! XML::Simple with nested arrays

There is a problem with the following line:

my $data = XMLin( $xml, forcearray => 1 ) ;

Per the documentation for XML::Simple, 'forcearray' should be spelled 'ForceArray'. This doesn't seem to be a problem for your script, but could potentially be a problem down the road.

Dave

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Case-sensitivity of ForceArray in XML::Simple by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 04, 2005 at 18:40 UTC
Older versions of XML::Simple (such as the one that came with ActivePerl 5.6.1) required lowercase option names. Newer versions are case-insensitive. Using "forcearray" is backwards compatible, whereas "ForceArray" is not.	[reply]
Re^3: Help!! XML::Simple with nested arrays by davido (Cardinal) on Jan 04, 2005 at 18:45 UTC
Interesting. ...the docs simply mention `ForceArray`, so the documentation is basically teaching a usage that is not backward compatible. Good to know about the case insensitivity though. I didn't use XML::Simple back in the Perl 5.6.x days. Thanks for the enlightenment. Dave	[reply] [d/l]