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

If you’re dealing with complex XML, `lxml` is worth a look. It’s faster than built-in libs and has better XPath support.

But yeah, for quick and dirty python XML to dict, xmltodict is the way.

Pro tip: Use `json.dumps()` after converting to dict if you need pretty printing.