Re: normalize in PyXML version hell (was: ...)

Harlan, still on the PyXML warpath:

>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/site-packages/_xmlplus/dom/minidom.py", line 462, in parse
>     return _doparse(pulldom.parse, args, kwargs)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/site-packages/_xmlplus/dom/minidom.py", line 456, in _doparse
>     toktype, rootNode = events.getEvent()
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.0/site-packages/_xmlplus/dom/pulldom.py", line 171, in getEvent
>     buf=self.stream.read(self.bufsize)
> AttributeError: read

Sigh.  Well, there comes a time when you have to get out a
big stick and hit it.  See if dropping this block into
xmlfile.py does the trick:

        try: # should work for 2.0 with PyXML 0.6.2+
            import xml.dom.minidom
            doc  = xml.dom.minidom.parse(filename)
            root_elem = doc.documentElement
            if not hasattr(root_elem,'normalize'):
                # oops... smell 0.6.1 or something....
                raise 'bad dom'
        except ImportError:
            # this is probably something like Python 1.5.2/1.6
            # with PyXML 0.5.5.1.  Or *something*.
            import xml.dom.core
            import xml.dom.utils
            doc  = xml.dom.utils.FileReader().readFile(filename)
            root_elem = doc.documentElement
        except 'bad dom':
            # this ought to be Python 2.0 with PyXML 0.6.1 or
	    # thereabouts.
            import xml.dom.ext.reader.Sax
            thing_file = open(filename)
            doc  = xml.dom.ext.reader.Sax.FromXmlStream(thing_file)
            root_elem = doc.documentElement
	    thing_file.close() # because we're about to reopen it

	root_elem.normalize()

Let me know how you get on.

Will