ESRI's scripts are all horribly un-pythonic in my experience. Your statement of
> I think they misrepresent python using only: "import arcgisscripting" sums it up quite nicely. More or less all of the code I've seen on ESRI's site acts as if only the arcgisscripting module exists. I think it's mostly a lack of knowledge about what python can actually do. However, I've always gotten the impression that the Arc community as a whole feels that the Arc modules are the original wheel, and discourages curiosity into other approaches. Sorry if I sound a bit bitter here... The OGR/GDAL wrappers are also rather un-pythonic, but at least they're fast and easy to re-wrap into more pythonic syntax. I've been burned one too many times when scripting arc just to do data import and export. (grumbles...) On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 11:02 AM, gene <[email protected]> wrote: > ok but it seems to me that the handling of XML files has nothing to do > with argisscripting module. In this case, there is a lack of knowledge > or basic curiosity. In this case,there is a French expression that > says "Pourquoi réinventer la roue ?" (why reinvent the wheel ?") > >
