XML to dictionary?

[Darrell]

From: "Paul Prescod" <paul at prescod.net>
>
> I'm a little surprised to see this comment in your code:
> 
> """Convert this function to 'C' for real speed."""
> 
> Too masochistic to write it yourself only once?? :)
> 
Ha!
If I though someone would actually use it, I'd love to do the 'C'.
Heck, I'd clean it up and write some doc if that happened.

As it is all of my posted code is just for fun so the masochism has limits.

--Darrell