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NAME

6       HTML::Parse - Deprecated, a wrapper around HTML::TreeBuilder
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SYNOPSIS

9         See the documentation for HTML::TreeBuilder
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DESCRIPTION

12       Disclaimer: This module is provided only for backwards compatibility
13       with earlier versions of this library.  New code should not use this
14       module, and should really use the HTML::Parser and HTML::TreeBuilder
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17       The "HTML::Parse" module provides functions to parse HTML documents.
18       There are two functions exported by this module:
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20       parse_html($html) or parse_html($html, $obj)
21           This function is really just a synonym for $obj->parse($html) and
22           $obj is assumed to be a subclass of "HTML::Parser".  Refer to
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25           If $obj is not specified, the $obj will default to an internally
26           created new "HTML::TreeBuilder" object configured with
27           strict_comment() turned on.  That class implements a parser that
28           builds (and is) a HTML syntax tree with HTML::Element objects as
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31           The return value from parse_html() is $obj.
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34           Same as parse_html(), but pulls the HTML to parse, from the named
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39       When a "HTML::TreeBuilder" object is created, the following variables
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42       $HTML::Parse::IMPLICIT_TAGS
43           Setting this variable to true will instruct the parser to try to
44           deduce implicit elements and implicit end tags.  If this variable
45           is false you get a parse tree that just reflects the text as it
46           stands.  Might be useful for quick & dirty parsing.  Default is
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51       $HTML::Parse::IGNORE_UNKNOWN
52           This variable contols whether unknow tags should be represented as
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55       $HTML::Parse::IGNORE_TEXT
56           Do not represent the text content of elements.  This saves space if
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61           Call warn() with an apropriate message for syntax errors.  Default
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REMEMBER!

65       HTML::TreeBuilder objects should be explicitly destroyed when you're
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SEE ALSO

69       HTML::Parser, HTML::TreeBuilder, HTML::Element
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72       Copyright 1995-1998 Gisle Aas, 1999-2004 Sean M. Burke, 2005 Andy
73       Lester, 2006 Pete Krawczyk.
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75       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
76       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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78       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
79       without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
80       merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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AUTHOR

83       Currently maintained by Pete Krawczyk "<petek@cpan.org>"
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85       Original authors: Gisle Aas, Sean Burke and Andy Lester.
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