I'm mostly using lxml.objectify (to parse some XML in an HTTP response) but in some cases I need to use lxml.etree (also to parse an HTTP response) because in those cases the XML I'm dealing with is less predictable/regular. However, once I've done some initial processing on the non-Objectified version, I'd like to make an Objectified version of it. I could convert through a string and back, but I'm looking for something (that I assume would be) faster.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Nat