test.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <element1>Element1 content</element1>
  <element2>Element2 content</element2>
</root>
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Assuming I am using XML::LibXML correctly, does anyone have an idea why this returns expected result :

my $xpath = ‘/root’;
my $test = $doc->findnodes($xpath);
print Dumper($test);

$VAR1 = bless( [
                 bless( do{\(my $o = 13079328)}, 'XML::LibXML::Element
+' )
               ], 'XML::LibXML::NodeList' );
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…But this returns empty array?

my $xpath = ’/root and /root/element1’;
my $test = $doc->findnodes($xpath);
print Dumper($test);

$VAR1 = bless( [], 'XML::LibXML::NodeList' );
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