Terry Brown wrote:

Not sure if it's adequate, but Python 2.5 has moved most of the ElementTree DOM library into the standard Python libraries, which would have the advantage of not being a separate dependency.

Not having an external dep would be fantastic. But right now I'm calling the lack of advanced XPath support a debilitating inadequacy. Thus far all my knowledge of ElementTree is academic, it could very well do more than the documents I've read give it credit for. I think ElementTree's inclusion in the python standard library is another vote in favor of lxml actually. Because more people will be familiar with the api and with lxml we get the added features in addition.

Aaron Spike