[XML-SIG] xmlpickle.py ?!

[uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com]

> BTW, how would one access "Mike" in this XML file without reverting to
> positional indexing ?
> 
> <dictionary>
> 	<item>
> 		<key>Mike</key>
> 		<value><address>1234 Main Street</address></value>
> 	</item>
> </dictionary>

Hmm?  No positional indexing neede, I'd think:

xml.xpath.Evaluate('string(/dictionary/item/key)')

would return "Mike".

Maybe I misunderstand you.

> It seems that these XPath lookups have to be context senstive...

They do, but how does that imply "positional indexing"?

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