[drunkpotato]

Yes, my first thought when reading the headline was that it would be about LXML.

However, while LXML can do this, and makes it easy, the documentation does not stress this way of using LXML. I like this project's emphasis on simplicity and doing one thing. It's the difference between "You can use LXML to get a dict" vs "Here is how to use xmltodict to get a dict". And it's right there in the name. Emphasis and naming are important when getting started.