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python-lxml library - jelly1 - 2012-12-23
It would be usefull if XBMC had support for LXML. LXML is a library capable of processing HTML,XML but a lot faster then Beautifulsoup, I know it's implemented in C so
multiple versions should be shipped for the different arch's I guess.
Still the library parses HTML/XML faster then the other competitors:
http://blog.dispatched.ch/2010/08/16/beautifulsoup-vs-lxml-performance/
http://blog.ianbicking.org/2008/03/30/python-html-parser-performance/
With these speed / memory benefits video addons could be rewritten and would feel a lot faster. LXML also parses faulty html better then beautifulsoup
Note that a feature request has been reported on the tracker 23 months ago
http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/11189