[XML-SIG] Reading characters

[Albert Chin]

I have an XML element that contains a lot of data (it's a base64
encoded file). Reading the characters through the default characters()
function is slow (one line at a time). How can I read more?

I'm using PyXML 0.7.1 and Python 2.2.1.

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albert chin (china@thewrittenword.com)