sub new {                               # constructor!
    my $class = shift;
    $class = ref($class) || $class;

    # Initialize HTML::Element part
    my $self = $class->element_class->new('html');

    {

        # A hack for certain strange versions of Parser:
        my $other_self = HTML::Parser->new();
        %$self = ( %$self, %$other_self );    # copy fields
           # Yes, multiple inheritance is messy.  Kids, don't try this at home.
        bless $other_self, "HTML::TreeBuilder::_hideyhole";

        # whack it out of the HTML::Parser class, to avoid the destructor
    }