ElementTree - Why not part of the core?

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    >> ElementTree on the other hand provides incredibly easy access to XML
    >> elements and works in a more Pythonic way.  Why has the API not been
    >> included in the Python core?

    Magnus> I'd really like to see that too. Sure, it's fairly trivial to
    Magnus> install it, but each different package that needs to be
    Magnus> installed from another source, built and tested on multiple
    Magnus> platforms etc, means more work.

More work than reimplementing the functionality or living with a miserable
API (I'm thinking normal DOM APIs)?

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