I can't believe grantm posted this, here is the entire module (minus pod)
# $Id: Simpler.pm,v 1.0 2002/04/01 00:00:00 grantm Exp $

package XML::Simpler;

use strict;
use warnings;

require Exporter;
use File::Slurp;

use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT $VERSION);
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = qw( XMLin XMLout );
$VERSION = '1.00';

sub XMLin  { read_file ( $_[0]       ) }
sub XMLout { write_file( $_[1], $_[0]) }

1;
__END__

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It does not belong in the XML:: namespace any more than it does on CPAN (waste of space).

It does not parse XML in any way shape or form, nor does it do anything remotely useful or entertaining.

I too am excited , I can't believe grantm's selfishness (CPAN is not a crap factory).

Why are you excited gav^? 

package XML::Simpler;

use strict;
use warnings;

require Exporter;

use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT $VERSION);
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = qw( XMLin XMLout );
$VERSION = '1.00';

sub XMLin {
    my $file = shift;
    my @lines();
    open(FILE,$file) or die "couldn't open $file $!";
    while(<FILE>) {
       my $line = $_;
       push @lines, \$line;
    }
    close(FILE);
    return @lines;
}
1;
__END__

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Certainly excites me, but not as much as the fact that the XMLout function does not work very well, since File::Slurp's write_file looks like
sub write_file
{
    my ($f, @data) = @_;

    local(*F);

    open(F, ">$f") || croak "open >$f: $!";
    (print F @data) || croak "write $f: $!";
    close(F) || croak "close $f: $!";
    return 1;
}

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so all that would ever be printed out is HASH(0x263d8f8) or ARRAY(ox263d8f8) or some such useless tidbit.

Man oh man am I excited, so much so that I am going to write to grantm, and tell everybody I know to avoid his CPAN directory.

update (posted 4 minutes after this node was created, before dws/shotgunefx replied): the fact that "Version 1.00 of XML::Simpler was released on April 1st, 2002" further excites me (is nothing sacred anymore, must everything be tainted in such a disgusting manner).

 
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