return node.find(expr)
else:
def find_xpath_attr(node, xpath, key, val):
+ # Here comes the crazy part: In 2.6, if the xpath is a unicode,
+ # .//node does not match if a node is a direct child of . !
+ if isinstance(xpath, unicode):
+ xpath = xpath.encode('ascii')
+
for f in node.findall(xpath):
if f.attrib.get(key) == val:
return f