[lxml-dev] 2.0 release plans

[Stefan Behnel]

Stefan Behnel wrote:
> jholg at gmx.de wrote:
>> With the high quality I've come to know of lxml I wouldn't be really afraid to base that on a 2.0alpha or beta; however, I'd like to know if major changes are still waiting to happen for 2.0.
> 
> Another thing: I've started reworking the slicing code this weekend, but I'm
> not sure it'll work out. I'm trying to get rid of the __{get|set|del}slice__()
> methods (which will disappear in Py3 anyway), and to enable extended slicing.
> I hope it'll meet your quality expectations, "__setitem__(slice)" is a pretty
> tough algorithm...

Extended slicing has just landed on the trunk. Anyone for a test?

BTW, ET doesn't support extended slice assignment for now. Guess we have to be
better here.


> If I can manage to get it running, I'd also try to adapt objectify in that
> regard. But that's left to decide.

I'll have a look how this would turn out.

Stefan