Dave Kuhlman wrote: > Maybe the minidom API is somewhat of a mess, but then so are > XML and the XML documents that minidom must be able to represent.
that's a popular myth. other popular myths are that XML parsers have to be slow, because they process Unicode; that XML DOM representations have to use tons of memory, because they have to; and that tools that don't fully support all kinds of XML processing are unusable for any kind of XML processing. > I'd like to see some sort of comparison of minidom and ElementTree. > Are there some real reasons why I should choose ElementTree over > minidom for future work? that's a "python vs. perl" or "static typing vs. dynamic typing" question. I suggest trying it, to see if it fits your brain, and the kind of XML programming you do. > Is there a consensus that we should be using ElementTree instead > of minidom? if you ask toolmakers, they'll tell you that their own tool is the best one. if you ask users, you may get more consistent answers ;-) </F> _______________________________________________ XML-SIG maillist - XML-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/xml-sig
