> The change of backing ElementTree by cElementTree has already been > implemented in the default branch (3.3) by Florent Xicluna with careful > review from me and others. etree has an extensive (albeit a bit clumsy) > set of tests which keep passing successfully after the change.
I just noticed an incompatible change: xml.etree.ElementTree.Element used to be a type, but is now a function. > In the past couple of years Florent has been the de-facto maintainer of > etree in the standard library, although I don't think he ever > "committed" to keep maintaining it for years to come. Neither can I make > this commitment, however I do declare that I will do my best to keep the > library functional, and I also plan to work on improving its > documentation and cleaning up some of the accumulated cruft in its > implementation. I also have all the intentions to take the blame if > something breaks. Would you mind adding yourself to http://docs.python.org/devguide/experts.html Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
