this would be an immense help.  i'd actually like the default to be
"unlimited" size, which
is the probably the most common case [but might break existing code on big
pieces of data]

-a


>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Ken MacLeod [mailto:ken@[...].us]
>  Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 7:20 AM
>  To: perl-xml@[...].com
>  Subject: Re: XML::Parser::PerlSAX -- characters() callback?
>  
>  
>  Matt Sergeant <matt@[...].org> writes:
>  
>  > On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Steve Tinney wrote:
>  
>  > > So, if you want to process the text content as a unit, you just
>  > > collect it up and operated on it when you get and end tag event.
>  > 
>  > Or comment, or PI, or start tag, or... :-)
>  
>  Since this is a very common error or misconception, I was wondering if
>  there weren't some way to re-address it so it becomes much more
>  obvious and I think I have it: A parser feature specifying the maximum
>  number of characters to return in a single characters() call:
>  
>   *  > 0 for a given maximum size
>   *  0 for unlimited (watch out!), and
>   *  -1 for "as the parser sees fit"
>  
>  -1 is the current behavior and would be the default for this feature.
>  
>  0 would automatically collect all characters into one call, which is
>  what most people who run into this are looking for, even if it can
>  bite them sometimes.
>  
>  This way, whenever this question comes up, we can simply point to the
>  feature, which will include a summary of the issues and code fragments
>  for how to deal with consecutive characters() calls.
>  
>  Anyone else think that would help?
>  
>    -- Ken
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