On Jun 25, 11:20 pm, Stefan Behnel <stefan...@behnel.de> wrote: > Carl Banks wrote: > > On Jun 25, 10:11 pm, Stefan Behnel wrote: > >> Carl Banks wrote: > >>>> Why isn't et.parse the only way to do this? Why have XML or fromstring > >>>> at all? > >>> Because Fredrick Lundh wanted it that way. Unlike most Python > >>> libraries ElementTree is under the control of one person, which means > >>> it was not designed or vetted by the community, which means it would > >>> tend to have some interface quirks. > >> Just for the record: Fredrik doesn't actually consider it a design "quirk". > > > Well of course he wouldn't--it's his library. > > That's not an argument at all.
I can't even imagine what you think I was arguing when I wrote this, or what issue you could have with this statement. Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
