Need the list of XML parsers

Stefan Behnel stefan_ml at behnel.de
Mon Jan 17 12:57:13 EST 2011


Venu, 17.01.2011 18:35:
> I am getting into serious Python programming for Electronic CAD tools,
> I am trying to find the best XML parser modules available. I need good
> searching capability for attributes, nodes and block of XML. I am
> looking for either a recommendation or previous forum links.

Canonical answers: cElementTree and lxml.

The first, if you want to use stdlib tools, the second, if you can afford 
external dependencies.

Both are mostly compatible, very fast and memory friendly. lxml has lots of 
features in addition.

Stefan




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