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"Unencoded"? XML::Simple doesn't handle such broken XML. 

$ perl -MXML::Simple -e'XMLin("<root><foo>\xE9</foo></root>");'
Entity: line 1: parser error : Input is not proper UTF-8, indicate encoding !
Bytes: 0xE9 0x3C 0x2F 0x66
<root><foo>�</foo></root>
           ^

Just as I don't use a chainsaw to trim my toenails, I use the XML tool that suits my purpose.

I didn't not try to get you to use XML::LibXML. I was just contradicting obviously incorrect information.

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Re^10: Is there any XML reader like this? (XML::Simple beats LibXML hands down in the speed stakes!)
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jan 16, 2012 at 20:17 UTC
    I was just contradicting obviously incorrect information.

    "contradict". Far from it. You proved it for me.

    NOW, just stop!

    With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
    "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

    The start of some sanity?
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