Function _attr

pattern/db/__init__.py:1460–1461

(node, attribute, default="")

        The given field function can be used to rename field names.
    """
    def _attr(node, attribute, default=""):
        return node.getAttribute(attribute) or default
    # parseString() will decode entities, no need for decode_entities().
    from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
    dom = parseString(encode_utf8(xml))