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XML-Parser-2.54
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Changes for version 2.54 - 2026-03-27

  • Fixes:
    • PR #196 Plug XS memory leaks on error paths in Expat.xs (externalEntityRef, parse_stream, ParserCreate)
    • PR #204 Add defensive NULL checks in Expat.xs to prevent crashes on memory exhaustion and undefined behavior on short input lines
    • PR #203 Add explicit package main after inline package declarations in test files to clarify scope
  • Improvements:
    • PR #207 GH #205 Add GitHub Actions workflow to auto-create GitHub Releases on tag push, enabling downstream notification via GitHub's release watch
    • PR #209 Update AUTHORS POD in Parser.pm and Expat.pm to reflect full maintainer history
    • PR #210 Add CI badge to POD via =for markdown directive so it survives README.md regeneration
    • Rename README to README.md and regenerate from POD
  • Maintenance:
    • PR #208 Modernize 10 legacy test files from print-ok style to Test::More (cdata, finish, deep_nesting, xml_escape, partial, char_end_doc, current_length, combine_chars, utf8_stream, defaulted)

Documentation

AI_POLICY.md
README.md

Modules

XML::Parser::Expat
Lowlevel access to James Clark's expat XML parser
XML::Parser
A perl module for parsing XML documents
XML::Parser::Style::Debug
Debug style for XML::Parser
XML::Parser::Style::Objects
Objects styler parser
XML::Parser::Style::Stream
Stream style for XML::Parser
XML::Parser::Style::Subs
glue for handling element callbacks
XML::Parser::Style::Tree
Tree style parser

Examples

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