[b]"What's the best way to convert XML to a dictionary in Python?"[/b] or [b]"How can I efficiently parse XML into

Dude, just go with xmltodict. It’s lightweight and does the job in like 2 lines of code.

```python
import xmltodict
data = xmltodict.parse(your_xml_string)
```

Nested tags? No problem. Attributes? Handled. Stop overcomplicating it.