[Python-Dev] ElementTree in stdlib

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 06:19 PM 12/12/2005 -0700, Mike Brown wrote:
>Some authors of other libs may not even be aware that they could so
>easily have their code whisked into stdlib, if it's solid enough.

But here the definition of "solid enough" includes such credits as being 
written by the primary author of CPython's implementations of Unicode and 
regular expressions, and who can be reasonably be believed to be around to 
support and maintain the package for some time.  I don't know who the "some 
authors" you mention are, but those are pretty tough credentials to match, 
as are the apparent popularity, Pythonicness, and performance of ElementTree.

I find it rather hard to believe that there's another XML library that 
could have gotten through the approval process anywhere near as easily.