| Subject: | use with :strict sets global flag breaking modules use:ing without :strict |
When you say "use XML::Simple qw(:strict)" it sets a global(!) flag in XML::Simple, turning strict
mode on for everyone using XML::Simple, even if the other modules use it without :strict.
The behaviour of setting global flags based on "namespace importing syntax" as a side-effect
feels somewhat fickle behaviour.
This can be a real problem for larger systems where you have many (legacy) modules using
XML::Simple, most of them without the :strict option and relying on the older API behaviour.
It seems that ForceArray => 0 and KeyAttr => [] are probably "safe" to add to XMLin calls
without these parameters to work around this but changing XML parsing flags seems somewhat
risky.