XML and Python

[Thomas Guettler]

Paul Smith schrieb:
> 
> Hi gang,
>     I recently rediscovered Python, and I'm interested in using it for a 
> project I'm embarking on. It involves a lot of XML/XSLT processing, and 
> I'm trying to figure out which python XML module set/paradigm to 
> concentrate on.
>     Can anyone point me to a resource which compares and contrasts, and 
> describes the interalationships between the many python XML packages out 
> there? I've briefly looked through xmllib, 4Suite, libxml2, and PyXML, 
> and found there's a lot of overlap and inbreeding. Anyone out there with 
> experience using these various packages care to run down the 
> virues/faults of each and balance ease-of-use vs. features?

The XML modules that come with python have the most important
methods.

After using DOM and XSLT I learned that you are often
quicker with a simple SAX parser. I wasted a lot of time with XSLT.

  thomas