f9385e58_XML__Twig_Quick_Reference__parse
[$string or \*OPEN_FILEHANDLE] $string or \*OPEN_FILEHANDLE this method is similar to parse except that it wraps the parsing in an eval block. It returns the twig on success and 0 on failure (the twig object also contains the parsed twig). $@ contains the error message on failure. [parse] 
safe_parse
XML::Twig Quick Reference
parse