[Python-Dev] elementtree in stdlib

Fri Apr 7 15:00:21 CEST 2006

Greg Ewing wrote:
> Trent Mick wrote:
>>> try:
>> import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET # in python >=2.5
>> except ImportError:
> > ... etc ad nauseam
>> For situations like this I've thought it might
> be handy to be able to say
>> import xml.etree.ElementTree or cElementTree or \
> elementtree.ElementTree or lxml.etree as ET

Suppose I wanted to implement that, what would be the best strategy
to follow:
- change handling of IMPORT_NAME and IMPORT_FROM in ceval.c
- emit different bytecodes in compile.c
- directly create TryExcept AST nodes in ast.c
?
Georg