Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:36:57 +0100, Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > >> And codemonkeys know that in python >> >> doc = et.parse(StringIO(string)) >> >> is just one import away > > Yes, but to play devil's advocate for a moment, > > doc = et.parse(string_or_file) > > would be even simpler.
I assume the problem with this is that it would be ambiguous. You can already use either a string or a file with ``et.parse``. A string is interpreted as a file name, while a file object is used directly. How would you differentiate between a string that's supposed to be a file name, and a string that's supposed to be XML? Steve -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
