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FeatureRequest: Migrate to a faster xml parser #10

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@groceryheist

Others have reported improved performance when using expat to parse Wikimedia dumps. We are currently using ElementTree which provides a good balance between usability and speed.

There is probably potential to speed up this library by switching to a faster xml parser. Candidates include:

  • lxml
  • cElementTree
  • expat

Migrating to lxml or cElementTree might be relatively easy because they have similar APIs to ElementTree.

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