xml processing : too slow...

[Shagshag13]

i think i still miss something as i get :

>>> line = 'this <tag1><tag2>is</tag2></tag1> an example of the kind of <tag3>line</tag3> that <tag3 attribute="this is a value">i
could have</tag3> and that i must check (could also contain 0-9, $ and punctuations)...'
>>> p.Parse(line, 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#12>", line 1, in ?
    p.Parse(line, 1)
ExpatError: junk after document element: line 1, column 0
>>> anotherline = '<root>' + line + '</root>'
>>> p.Parse(anotherline, 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#14>", line 1, in ?
    p.Parse(anotherline, 1)
ExpatError: junk after document element: line 1, column 0

this time line is really representative of the kind of suff i had (sentences with tag)
(i had written a wrapper to handle this with find('<'), find('>'), and i check well formedness by using a stack...)

but i would really understand why it doesn't work !

thanks,

s13.