What XML lib to use?

[Robert Kern]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Paul Boddie wrote:
> 
>>>For stand-alone XML manipulation in Python, my point still stands:
>>>programs using DOM and SAX are more bloated and slower than
>>>the alternatives.
>>
>>Your point was that "there are no *sane* reasons to use SAX or DOM in
>>Python", which actually isn't true.
> 
> I replied in the context of this thread.  If you chose to ignore the
> context, or if you're not capable of reading and understanding the
> posts you're replying to, that's your problem.

His interpretation of your words is a perfectly valid one even in the
context of this thread. "in Python" explicitly provides a context for
the rest of the sentence. In English, at least, it is perfectly
reasonable to presume that explicit contexts override implicit ones.

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