Why, you ask? The short answer is for shits-n-giggles :-) I wanted to learn more about P::RD, and I wanted to study the finer details of the XML spec. I don't plan on using my XML parser for anything more than a learning exercise.

Thanks for for suggestions. I've never played with the zero-width regular expressions. I'll have to experiment with them.

BTW, I didn't mean to post as Anonymous. I thought I was logged in when I posted, by I guess I wasn't!