xml, minidom, ElementTree

[Ethan Furman]

In the near future I will need to parse and rewrite parts of a xml files
created by a third-party program (PrintShopMail, for the curious).
It contains both binary and textual data.

There has been some strong debate about the merits of minidom vs
ElementTree.

Recommendations?

~Ethan~

 

[Paul Rudin]

In the near future I will need to parse and rewrite parts of a xml files
created by a third-party program (PrintShopMail, for the curious).
It contains both binary and textual data.

There has been some strong debate about the merits of minidom vs
ElementTree.

Recommendations?

I tend to start with BeautifulSoup, and think about other things if that
doesn't work out. It might just be me, but I find it easier to get stuff
done using BeautifulSoup than either minidom or ElementTree.