It is easy to see which one wins in the speed stakes.

Yeah, LibXML. My tests *included* the time it took to extract the data from the tree. The test was done with real world data of various size from three different providers.

We use XML::Bare with a thin layer to compensate for it's awful interface (XML::Simple without ForceArray or any other option), its expectation of getting decoded text, and it's lack of namespace support. It's slightly faster when you factor in the time it takes to extract data. Not nearly as capable as libxml, and we had to create an interface just to be able to use it.

In reply to Re^5: Is there any XML reader like this? (XML::Simple beats LibXML hands down in the speed stakes!) by ikegami
in thread Is there any XML reader like this? by ashok.g

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