[Python-Dev] elementtree in stdlib

[Georg Brandl]

Greg Ewing wrote:
> Trent Mick wrote:
> 
>>     try:
>>         import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET # in python >=2.5
>>     except ImportError:
>  >        ... etc ad nauseam
> 
> For situations like this I've thought it might
> be handy to be able to say
> 
>    import xml.etree.ElementTree or cElementTree or \
>      elementtree.ElementTree or lxml.etree as ET

Suppose I wanted to implement that, what would be the best strategy
to follow:
- change handling of IMPORT_NAME and IMPORT_FROM in ceval.c
- emit different bytecodes in compile.c
- directly create TryExcept AST nodes in ast.c
?

Georg