python 2.x minidom works (was Re: first try at ...)

[Will P. <pa...@dc...>]

Hmm... tried the minidom thing (forced it w/ the change
below) -- this is a Python 2.2.1 -- and it worked just fine.
Oh well, keep fishing...

Will

diff -u -1 -r1.30 xmlfile.py
--- xmlfile.py	11 Feb 2002 10:22:05 -0000	1.30
+++ xmlfile.py	25 Sep 2002 10:38:47 -0000
@@ -136,25 +136,33 @@
         # since the xml.version_info variable is not a reliable indicator.
-	try:
-	    # Try for a PyXML implementation first, starting with
-	    # the new-style PyXML first (>= 0.5.6):
-	    import xml.dom.ext.reader.Sax
-	    doc = xml.dom.ext.reader.Sax.FromXmlStream(open(filename))
-	    if ark.control.ArkControl().debug(ark.control.PARSING):
-		sys.stderr.write(' (new PyXML)\n')
-        except ImportError:
-            try:
-                # No luck there, so try the old-style PyXML (probably
-                # 0.5.5.1):
-                import xml.dom.core
-                import xml.dom.utils
-                doc  = xml.dom.utils.FileReader().readFile(filename)
-		if ark.control.ArkControl().debug(ark.control.PARSING):
-		    sys.stderr.write(' (old PyXML)\n')
-	    except ImportError:
-		# Last ditch, do we have a modern Python (>= 2.0) with
-                # a minidom implementation:
-		import xml.dom.minidom
-		doc = xml.dom.minidom.parse( open(filename) )
-		if ark.control.ArkControl().debug(ark.control.PARSING):
-		    sys.stderr.write(' (minidom)\n')
+
+	# Last ditch, do we have a modern Python (>= 2.0) with
+        # a minidom implementation:
+	import xml.dom.minidom
+	doc = xml.dom.minidom.parse( open(filename) )
+	if ark.control.ArkControl().debug(ark.control.PARSING):
+	    sys.stderr.write(' (minidom)\n')
+
+# 	try:
+# 	    # Try for a PyXML implementation first, starting with
+# 	    # the new-style PyXML first (>= 0.5.6):
+# 	    import xml.dom.ext.reader.Sax
+# 	    doc = xml.dom.ext.reader.Sax.FromXmlStream(open(filename))
+# 	    if ark.control.ArkControl().debug(ark.control.PARSING):
+# 		sys.stderr.write(' (new PyXML)\n')
+#         except ImportError:
+#             try:
+#                 # No luck there, so try the old-style PyXML (probably
+#                 # 0.5.5.1):
+#                 import xml.dom.core
+#                 import xml.dom.utils
+#                 doc  = xml.dom.utils.FileReader().readFile(filename)
+# 		if ark.control.ArkControl().debug(ark.control.PARSING):
+# 		    sys.stderr.write(' (old PyXML)\n')
+# 	    except ImportError:
+# 		# Last ditch, do we have a modern Python (>= 2.0) with
+#                 # a minidom implementation:
+# 		import xml.dom.minidom
+# 		doc = xml.dom.minidom.parse( open(filename) )
+# 		if ark.control.ArkControl().debug(ark.control.PARSING):
+# 		    sys.stderr.write(' (minidom)\n')