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Author eli.bendersky
Recipients effbot, eli.bendersky, ezio.melotti, flox, scoder
Date 2012-02-10.17:26:48
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> What I had in mind is more like:
>  - ElementTree: defines the python code and if _elementtree is available overrides part of it with the functions imported from it;

The problem with this is the bootstrap Python code executed by
_elementtree. That should not be executed when _elementtree (the C
parts) can't be imported. Keeping this code in ElementTree will
probably complicate matters since it will add import conditions.
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