Re: HTML::TreeBuilder, HTML::Element, as_XML()

[Jenda]

IMnsHO, there is a bug in the _valid_name subroutine deep in HTML::Element. There should be

return (0) unless ( $attr =~ /^$START_CHAR$NAME_CHAR*$/ );

not

return (0) unless ( $attr =~ /^$START_CHAR$NAME_CHAR+$/ );

The XML specs say that

Name    ::=    NameStartChar (NameChar)*

[Anonymous Monk]

IMnsHO, there is a bug in the _valid_name subroutine deep in HTML::Element. There should be

I wouldn't go that far , the OP provides no data

[Jenda]

The OP doesn't need to provide data, the code doesn't match the specs linked five lines above the code in question.