Howto write XML file with comments?

[Stefan Behnel]

Alexander Eisenhuth, 08.07.2010 12:07:
> Stefan Behnel schrieb:
>> Alexander Eisenhuth, 08.07.2010 11:08:
>>> - I've to write a XML document including comments
>>
>> "write" in the sense of typing in a text editor? Or constructing one
>> programmatically in memory? Or ... ?
>
> write means write to a file

You seam to imply that it's obvious what you want to do. From the little 
information that you give us, it's not.


>> And what kind of data from what kind of source do you want to put into
>> the document?
>
> Data is present as tags and attributes

Whatever that is supposed to mean in this context.


>> All of that has an impact on the 'right' answer.

... and it still does.


>>> - the document should be formatted that it could be viewed with a text
>>> editor
>>>
>>> What is the fastest (time for realization) approach doing it in
>>> python 2.5?
>>
>> If you mean to build an XML document programmatically, potentially
>> using data that you get from somewhere, take a look at cElementTree.
>> There's also a short recipe for pretty printing the tree before
>> writing it out.
>
> Is the API of cElementTree different from ElementTree in the python
> standard library?

Same thing, different import.

Note that both were updated in Py2.7, BTW.

Stefan