I know a little of dom, and would like to learn about ElementTree. Python 2.6 has a somewhat older implementation of ElementTree, but still usable. However, it looks like it comes with two different classes: xml.etree.ElementTree and xml.etree.cElementTree. Would someone please be so kind to enlighten me with their differences? Thank you.
It is the same library (same API, same features) but ElementTree is implemented in Python and cElementTree is implemented in C.
If you can, use the C implementation because it is optimized for fast parsing and low memory use, and is 15-20 times faster than the Python implementation.
Use the Python version if you are in a limited environment (C library loading not allowed).
What are the Difference between cElementtree and ElementTree?