On Fri, 2011-12-09 at 19:39 +0100, Xavier Morel wrote: > On 2011-12-09, at 19:15 , Bill Janssen wrote: > > I use ElementTree for parsing valid XML, but minidom for producing it. > Could you expand on your reasons to use minidom for producing XML?
To throw my 2c in here: I personally normally use minidom for manipulating (x)html data (through html5lib), and for writing XML. I think it's primarily because DOM: a) matches the way I think about XML documents. b) Provides the same API as I use in other languages. (FWIW, I do a lot of DOM manipulation in javascript) c) "Feels" (to me) more similar to other formats I work with. All three may be because I haven't spent enough time with ElementTree - again I've found the documentation lacking. Tim _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
