[XML-SIG] Preparing for PyXML 0.8

[Uche Ogbuji]

On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 20:31, Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
> 
> Uche Ogbuji writes:
>  > I have a very simple DOM reader based on HTMLParser.  Should I
>  > check this in with the right try/except around the import?  It
>  > might even address the recent problem with the sgmlop parser and
>  > numerical char entities.
> 
> The HTMLParser module from the standard library?  Or is there another
> I'm missing?

The std library.  2.1 or later onnly, ya know.


> I suppose it's not unreasonable, but I'd think there's a lot to be
> added to the basic parser code, which is really little more than a
> "high-level tokenizer."

Yes.  I did add the code that generates a DOM given an impl.  But then
again, it was for a quick and dirty hack, and hasn't been heavily
tested.


> Why would you need to catch an ImportError?  ...  Hm.  Getting around
> lack of that module in 2.1.x and earlier is fairly painful.  One
> option would be to include a copy of it in xml.parsers (or better yet,
> hidden away where it can be forgotten!).
> 
> Does it make more sense to figure a hack around the repeated-import
> issues or just fix problems in sgmlop so it can always be used?

I just mentioned it because I already had it lying around.  Given that
the release is impending, I think I should put away the idea for now. 
Someone really should fix the sgmlop char ent bug before this release,
though.  I don't suppose Walter has a moment?  I would, but I'll already
have my hands full of PyXML work tonight and I think he knows sgmlop
better than I do.


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