[Melbourne-pm] XML parsing
Alfie John
alfiejohn at acm.org
Fri Mar 25 02:16:21 PST 2005
Hi Leif,
> Also, to get more speed from XML::Simple, you can use
> XML::Parser as the
> backend SAX-generator rather than the default pure perl code of
> XML::SAX. I benchmarked a range of SAX-generators here
> <http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=409517> , so I would recommend
> XML::Parser. Just set $XML::Simple::PREFERRED_PARSER or the envvar
> XML_SIMPLE_PREFERRED_PARSER to the SAX-generator you prefer.
> XML::Parser
> will speed up all XML::Simple operation *significantly* - for example
> from 13 seconds to 3 seconds.
After setting $XML::Simple::PREFERRED_PARSER to 'XML::Parser', it died
straight away informing me it was not well formed. Regardless of speed,
this is what I was looking for :)
Looks like XML::Simple doesn't like not well formed XML.
> Note, I dont think XML::Parser will tell you the XML is
> invalid, but it
> will tell you the XML is not well formed - I cant seem to find any
> reference to XML::Parser being a validating parser.
Sorry, that's what I meant ;)
Thanks for the help!
int 20h;
Alfie John
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