Stefan Behnel wrote: >> it's hard to imagine Python becoming the premier language for XML >> processing without support for document validation in the standard >> library distribution. >> > > That may be so, but if validation is just an > > easy_install lxml > > and an updated import line away, I don't think that makes it that much > less suited for the "premier language". >
Well, I guess we could have said the same about PyXML when we adopted it for a large project with one of my customers, but now we have a bunch of critical processing tied to a package that's dead (despite the "semi-official" on the WiKi page -- we don't have any useful place to report a nasty bug we just ran into). I'd be happier if the validation support were folded in with the standard libraries. I remember attending a Python conference some years back, at which Guido seemed to be expressing a certain amount of disdain for XML generally, so I'm grateful for whatever we get. But such a view held by the BDFL could easily be seen as an obstacle in the path to the "premier language for XML processing" goal. -- Bob Kline http://www.rksystems.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ XML-SIG maillist - XML-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/xml-sig
