M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>>we also need to figure out how to import the bundled version; should it be
>>cElementTree, xml.etree.cElementTree, or just xml.etree.ElementTree
>>(which would then fallback on the Python version if cElementTree isn't
>>built) ?
> 
> 
> If the semantics are identical I'd prefer the latter approach
> of using the faster variant if possible.

I have myself in the past used or overridden non-public methods of 
ElementTree, which I'm sure wouldn't work with cElementTree.  While I'd 
also prefer automatic fallback, it would be nice if there was 
additionally an explicit path to each version.

-- 
Ian Bicking  /  [EMAIL PROTECTED]  /  http://blog.ianbicking.org
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