Trying to parse a HUGE(1gb) xml file

[Terry Reedy]

On 12/20/2010 2:49 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
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> Yes, this is a terrible technique;  most examples are crap.

> Yes, this is using DOM.  DOM is evil and the enemy, full-stop.

> You're still using DOM; DOM is evil.

For serial processing, DOM is superfluous superstructure.
For random access processing, some might disagree.

>
>> Which one is the best for my situation ?
>> Any&  all
>> code_snippets/wisdom/thoughts/ideas/suggestions/feedback/comments/ of
>> the c.l.p community would be greatly appreciated.
>> Plz feel free to email me directly too.
>
> <http://docs.python.org/library/xml.sax.html>
>
> <http://coils.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/coils/coils/file/62335a211fda/src/coils/foundation/standard_xml.py>

For Python (unlike Java), wrapping module functions as class static 
methods is superfluous superstructure that only slows things down.

     raise Exception(...) # should be something specific like
     raise ValueError(...)

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Terry Jan Reedy