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+"""Core XML support for Python.
+
+This package contains four sub-packages:
+
+dom -- The W3C Document Object Model. This supports DOM Level 1 +
+ Namespaces.
+
+parsers -- Python wrappers for XML parsers (currently only supports Expat).
+
+sax -- The Simple API for XML, developed by XML-Dev, led by David
+ Megginson and ported to Python by Lars Marius Garshol. This
+ supports the SAX 2 API.
+
+etree -- The ElementTree XML library. This is a subset of the full
+ ElementTree XML release.
+
+"""
+
+
+__all__ = ["dom", "parsers", "sax", "etree"]
+
+# When being checked-out without options, this has the form
+# "<dollar>Revision: x.y </dollar>"
+# When exported using -kv, it is "x.y".
+__version__ = "$Revision$".split()[-2:][0]
+
+
+_MINIMUM_XMLPLUS_VERSION = (0, 8, 4)
+
+
+try:
+ import _xmlplus
+except ImportError:
+ pass
+else:
+ try:
+ v = _xmlplus.version_info
+ except AttributeError:
+ # _xmlplus is too old; ignore it
+ pass
+ else:
+ if v >= _MINIMUM_XMLPLUS_VERSION:
+ import sys
+ _xmlplus.__path__.extend(__path__)
+ sys.modules[__name__] = _xmlplus
+ else:
+ del v