[Python-Dev] minidom -> new-style classes?

[Jason Orendorff]

On 4/17/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> Perhaps a rewrite could target 3.0 and 2.6 could use a backported
> version of this *if* py3k compatibility mode is enabled? I'd love to
> see at least the 3.0 version cleaned up.

A lot of these bugs can be fixed without forking.  I've been
conservative so far.  I looked at a diff this morning.  Even
pickled documents shouldn't break.

If this patch lands, I can look at further cleanup after that.

Thanks everyone,
-j