[XML-SIG] Parsing a unicode string

[konrad.hinsen at laposte.net]

Is there any straightforward way to parse XML data from an existing 
Unicode string? I have found a procedure that works, but seems 
unnecessarily complicated:

	xml_data = xml_data.encode('utf-8')
	xml_data = '\n'.join(xml_data.split('\n')[1:])
	xml_data = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n' + xml_data
	dom_tree = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(xml_data)

My first attempt was

	dom_tree = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(xml_data)

and I still think that would be the nicest way.

Konrad.
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