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in reply to Re: if Digest::SHA1 loaded Can't load LibXML/LibXML.dll Invalid access to memory location
in thread if Digest::SHA1 loaded Can't load LibXML/LibXML.dll Invalid access to memory location

... and I *think* (not entirely sure) that the problem vanished once I made sure that it was the same (MinGW port of gcc) compiler that had built perl && the 2 problematic modules && all third party libraries upon which the modules relied.

thank you, I had a vague notion of deja vu but I just couldn't remember the details -- there is a high probability this is the exact issue