[Python-Dev] folding cElementTree behind ElementTree in 3.3 (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Mon Feb 20 00:12:33 CET 2012

The change of backing ElementTree by cElementTree has already been implemented in the default branch (3.3) by Florent Xicluna with careful review from me and others. etree has an extensive (albeit a bit clumsy) set of tests which keep passing successfully after the change.

I just noticed an incompatible change: xml.etree.ElementTree.Element used to be a type, but is now a function.

In the past couple of years Florent has been the de-facto maintainer of etree in the standard library, although I don't think he ever "committed" to keep maintaining it for years to come. Neither can I make this commitment, however I do declare that I will do my best to keep the library functional, and I also plan to work on improving its documentation and cleaning up some of the accumulated cruft in its implementation. I also have all the intentions to take the blame if something breaks.

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Regards, Martin

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