new to python, looking for streams clues

[Thierry]

On Jun 4, 1:50 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers <bruno.
42.desthuilli... at websiteburo.invalid> wrote:
> Thierry a écrit :
>
>
>
> > Hello peoples,
>
> > As I said, I'm new to python, and particularly to XML generation in
> > python.
> > Using the 4suite XML package, I have been able to produce XML, but
> > only directly to STDOUT.
>
> > Refering to the 4suite markupWriter refrence, the class needs a stream
> > to output the generated XML, and if none is specified, it's the STDOUT
> > stream that is used.
>
> > What I would like, would be to store the generated XML into a python
> > object which implement the stream interface to be able to transform it
> > via XSLT if needed (it's in a web based project).
>
> > But, I've read the python doc for the last 12 hours without finding
> > anything about an existing object that implements that interface.
> > Am I missing something, or should I really create that object myself ?
>
> > I mean, I just need something that I can write into and read
> > thereafter.
> > It should already exists, no ?
>
> It does, it's named StringIO (or cStringIO for the faster C
> implementation), and it's part of the standard lib. AFAICT, it should
> fit your needs.

Thanks everyone.

I had seen it, but understood that you had to give it an already
existing string to operate on that one.
I feel a bit stupid. Time to get back to those lost sleep hours, I
presume.

But again, thanks everyone.