You know, you shouldn't reply to old posts with questions about your typos. Start a new one in seekers of perl wisdom

my $xml = <<XML
<foo>
   <bar>
      <bay V="A" />
      <baz V="B" />
   </bar>
</foo>
XML
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is wrong. See Here, doccy doccy. nice doccy. heredoc, treat., Why don't my <<HERE documents work?, perlop