Time to run hamlet.xml through validation and grove building via SAX:

Parser 1st 2nd 3rd Avg xmllib.py 50.1 48.4 49.8 49.4 xmlproc.py 40.8 39.4 39.5 39.9 xp.java 1.49 1.43 1.43 1.45 dxpcl.java 14 - - 14

Lars, could you make your timing scripts available? Just for fun I ran hamlet.xml through James Clark's xmltok (or, actually, through the xmlwf program that comes with it), and it clocks at 0.07 seconds on my SGI O2 (180 Mhz R5000). Since the API appears pretty pythonizeable this appears to be a nice groundwork to start getting better performance for python/xml... -- Jack Jansen | ++++ stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++ Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl | ++++ if you agree copy these lines to your sig ++++ http://www.cwi.nl/~jack | see http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/sigaction.htm _______________ DOC-SIG - SIG for the Python Documentation Project send messages to: doc-sig@python.org administrivia to: doc-sig-request@python.org _______________