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The elementtree module
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This kit contains a separate distribution of the ElementTree
data structure from the xmltoys library.

For more information on this library, see:

    http://effbot.org/zone/element-index.htm

The modules are designed to work with Python 2.1 and newer.  The
core tree implementation and the SimpleXMLTreeBuilder class also
works under 1.5.2.

Enjoy /F

fredrik@pythonware.com
http://www.pythonware.com

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Copyright (c) 1999-2002 by Fredrik Lundh

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release info
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This is the first separate release of the ElementTree data module.
The latest version of this library can be downloaded from:

    http://effbot.org/downloads

Comments, bug reports, and patches are welcome.  Send them to
fredrik@pythonware.com.

Note that this is free software, with limited support.  If you need
commercial support on this module, please contact info@pythonware.com.

contents
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README                        This file

ElementTree.py                Element tree implementation
HTMLTreeBuilder.py            Element tree builder for HTML
XMLTreeBuilder.py             Element tree builder for XML
SimpleXMLTreeBuilder.py       Old element tree builder for XML, based
                              on xmllib.  Due to bugs in xmllib, the
                              namespace support is not reliable.

setup.py                      Build/installation script

demo*.py                      Sample scripts
samples/*                     Sample data

selftest.py                   Selftest (Python 2.1)
