[Pythonmac-SIG] XML file to Python Dictionary

[W.T. Bridgman]

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Recently, someone (I seem to recall on this list) asked about a code 
sample of using xmllib to read an XML file into a Python dictionary. 
I had been working on just such an idea for managing preferences and 
other configuration files for some scientific codes.  Attached is a 
sample of the current progress.

I packed it into a dropstuff(stuffit) archive to reduce chances of it 
getting mangled in the e-mail formatting.

Some notes:
1) It currently parses numerical values into strings.
2) Lists are split out as dictionary elements.

This code is a bit of a hack.  Since I got the starter code from some 
location at sourceforge, I'm not sure how some parts of it really 
work so any improvements would be appreciated.

Tom
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Tom Bridgman, Ph.D. 
wtbridgman@radix.net                         Physics & Astronomy  
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