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diff --git a/Lib/xml.py b/Lib/xml.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7393c66 --- /dev/null +++ b/Lib/xml.py @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +"""Core XML support for Python. + +This package contains four sub-packages: + +dom -- The W3C Document Object Model. This supports DOM Level 1 + + Namespaces. + +parsers -- Python wrappers for XML parsers (currently only supports Expat). + +sax -- The Simple API for XML, developed by XML-Dev, led by David + Megginson and ported to Python by Lars Marius Garshol. This + supports the SAX 2 API. + +etree -- The ElementTree XML library. This is a subset of the full + ElementTree XML release. + +""" + +import sys +import xmlcore + +__all__ = ["dom", "parsers", "sax", "etree"] + +# When being checked-out without options, this has the form +# "<dollar>Revision: x.y </dollar>" +# When exported using -kv, it is "x.y". +__version__ = "$Revision$".split()[-2:][0] + + +_MINIMUM_XMLPLUS_VERSION = (0, 8, 4) + +try: + import _xmlplus +except ImportError: + sys.modules[__name__] = xmlcore +else: + try: + v = _xmlplus.version_info + except AttributeError: + # _xmlplus is too old; ignore it + pass + else: + if v >= _MINIMUM_XMLPLUS_VERSION: + _xmlplus.__path__.extend(xmlcore.__path__) + sys.modules[__name__] = _xmlplus + else: + del v |