> The problem is that when the sax handler raises an exception, I can't see how to find out why. What I want to do is for DodgyErrorHandler to do something different depending on where we are in the course of parsing. Is there anyway to get that information back from xml.sax (or indeed from any other sax handler?)
You can get raw location information, yes. See: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/11/24/py-xml.html But I don't think this is enough for you. You also need recovery, which you're implementing in crude form. I tend to agree with Magnus that using an SGML parser might be your best bet. You might even be able to turn that SGML into XML using a tool such as James Clark's SX: http://www.jclark.com/sp/sx.htm -- Uche http://copia.ogbuji.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
