ElementTree in Python 2.5

[Zver]

Hey All!

I'm developing application that uses ElementTree for XML parsing. In python 2.5 ElementTree is part of standard "libs".

Now my question is. How would you detect version of python and then include the right ElementTree.

Psevdo-code :) ->

If python version < 2.4 then
import elementtree.ElementTree as et
else
import xml.etree.ElementTree as et
 

How to?

[bvdet]

Hey All!

I'm developing application that uses ElementTree for XML parsing. In python 2.5 ElementTree is part of standard "libs".

Now my question is. How would you detect version of python and then include the right ElementTree.

Psevdo-code :) ->

If python version < 2.4 then
import elementtree.ElementTree as et
else
import xml.etree.ElementTree as et
 

How to?

You can check your Python version like this:

>>> import sys
>>> sys.version
'2.3.5 (#62, Feb  8 2005, 16:23:02) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)]'
>>> sys.version_info
(2, 3, 5, 'final', 0)
>>> sys.version_info[:2]
(2, 3)
>>> sys.version_info[:2] == (2,3)
True
>>> 

[Zver]

Final solution for this problem is possibly this:

try:
 
    import elementtree.ElementTree as et
 
except:
 
    try:
 
        import xml.etree.ElementTree as et
 
    except:
 
        print "No ElementTree in your Python!"