Istvan Albert wrote: >>$ python >>Python 2.5a0 (#1, Dec 12 2005, 19:26:49) >> >>>>import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET > > > hip hip hurray! > > >>http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Lib/xml/etree/ > > > don't know how this works, the link now seems to be: > > http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Lib/xmlcore/etree/ > For 2.5 the current xml namespaces will, I believe, move to xmlcore.
Compatibility code will replace the current xml package, to ensure that core modules not replaced by other components will still be available under their old names. This will allow better handling of fallbacks when, say, an optional C extension module is absent and it can be replaced by an xmlcore pure Python module. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
