Is there a way to get XML::Twig to not read certain elements?  I'm working
with some biological XMLs, and each data file has a really huge element
approximately 50 MB long.  Let's call its tag "FOOBAR".  I'm trying to get
XML::Twig to ignore FOOBAR, because it takes at least a few hours for
XML::Twig to run through and construct it.

Since this element is always at the end, I'm using the hacky solution of
calling twig-> finish() right before I hit FOOBAR; however, this feels
unsatisfactory.  I'd like a more robust solution where I can say something
like:

###
my $twig = XML::Twig-> new(TwigHandlers => $handlers,
                          IgnoreTags =>  'FOOBAR');
###

and have XML::Twig just skip over certain elements, avoiding the cost of
constructing a PCDATA node.  I haven't found such an 'IgnoreTags' option
yet, so I'm wondering if anyone here could give any suggestions.

Thanks for any help.

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