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libxml2, XPath and Python

I'm in the process of parsing some large XML files and the default Python parser is really slow. I remembered reading Mark's experiences with libxml2 so I thought I would give it a shot. Talk about the right thing to do! It's definitely faster and easier to work with.

I really didn't know too much about XPath today but things like this tutorial from IBM (free registration required) helped immensely. Also, a few blog posts also came in handy.