cElementTree clear semantics

[D H]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2005-09-25, D H <no at spam> wrote:
> 
>>>>Igor V. Rafienko wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>This gave me the desired behaviour, but:
>>>>>
>>>>>* It looks *very* ugly
>>>>>* It's twice as slow as version which sees 'end'-events only.
>>>>>
>>>>>Now, there *has* to be a better way. What am I missing?
>>>>
>>>>Try emailing the author for support.
>>>
>>>I don't think that's needed. He is one of the most active
>>>members of c.l.py, and you should know that yourself.
>>
>>I would recommend emailing the author of a library when you
>>have a question about that library.  You should know that
>>yourself as well.
> 
> 
> Why??

Please tell me I don't have to explain to you why the author of a 3rd 
party library might be able to answer a question specific to that library.


> For the things I "support", I much prefer answering questions
> in a public forum.  

Right, which is exactly why we have sourceforge, tigris, google groups, 
and numerous other free resources where you can set up a mailing list to 
publicly ask and answer questions about your software.
Of course it may not get you as many paypal hits as spamming larger 
forums with your support questions will, but it is the decent thing to do.