[XML-SIG] Can anyone recommend a sensible XML parser for Python?

[Uche Ogbuji]

> 
> I think this is the right set of behaviors:
> 
>         \   cloneNode(0) | cloneNode(1) | importNode(n,0) | importNode(n,1)
> nodeType \               |              |                 |
>           +--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------
> document  | return None  | new document | NotSupportedErr | NotSupportedErr
>           +--------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------
> doctype   | new doctype, | new doctype, | new doctype if  | new doctype if
>           | no entities  | w/ entities  | new parent has  | new parent has
>           | or notations | and notations| doctype==None,  | doctype==None,
>           |              |              | else NotSuppErr,| w/ entities
>           |              |              | no entities or  | and notations
>           |              |              | notations       |
> 
> Document.cloneNode(0) returns None since it's not allowed to raise an
> exception according to the DOM spec.

I take it Document.cloneNode(0) returns None because we don't want to clone 
the documentElement?

Reinforces my whole sketchy feeling about this.

But I have no more specific complaint about the table.  I think the "new 
document" row should be more detailed, especally since that's where I think a 
lot of the surprising details lie.  Basically what I wrote above, it seems.


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