That all seems to work as you suggested. I have a better idea how it fits together now.
'make test' for XML::Simple now uses about 50% less CPU with the SAX::Expat (as compared to the PurePerl version with XML::SAX 0.12)
Took a while to find that the last section in .../XML/SAX/ParserDetails.ini indicates the default parser.
Many thanks
(10)
]
