cElementTree clear semantics

[D H]

Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote:
> D H wrote:
> 
>>Igor V. Rafienko wrote:
>>
>>>This gave me the desired behaviour, but:
>>>
>>>* It looks *very* ugly
>>>* It's twice as slow as version which sees 'end'-events only.
>>>
>>>Now, there *has* to be a better way. What am I missing?
>>>
>>
>>Try emailing the author for support.
> 
> 
> I don't think that's needed. He is one of the most active members
> of c.l.py, and you should know that yourself.
> 

I would recommend emailing the author of a library when you have a 
question about that library.  You should know that yourself as well.