[Python-Dev] Integrate BeautifulSoup into stdlib?
Stefan Behnel
stefan_ml at behnel.de
Thu Mar 5 11:39:20 CET 2009
Ivan Krstić wrote:
> On Mar 4, 2009, at 12:32 PM, James Y Knight wrote:
>> I think html5lib would be a better candidate for an imrpoved HTML
>> parser in the stdlib than BeautifulSoup.
>
> While we're talking about alternatives, Ian Bicking appears to swear by
> lxml:
>
> <http://blog.ianbicking.org/2008/12/10/lxml-an-underappreciated-web-scraping-library/>
I second that. ;)
And, BTW, I wouldn't mind getting lxml into the stdlib either.
Stefan
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