What's the best way to handle Python XML parsing and manipulation? or Struggling with Python XML? Any

"Struggling with Python XML? Any tips for efficient parsing?"

Hey folks!

So I’ve been messing with Python XML parsing lately, and man, it’s a bit of a headache. Some files are huge, others have weird nesting… ugh.

What’s your go-to library? I’ve tried `xml.etree.ElementTree`—it’s simple but feels slow for big files. Heard `lxml` is faster, but the setup’s annoying.

Also, how do you handle validation? Do you just slap a schema on it or YOLO?

Kinda lost here, ngl. Any tricks or libs you swear by for Python XML stuff?

Thanks!

(PS: If you’ve got horror stories, I’m here for those too 😅)