diff --git a/tests/xmlcompare.py b/tests/xmlcompare.py
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+from xml.etree import cElementTree as ET
+
+def comparemany(xmls):
+    xml1 = xmls[0]
+    if type(xml1) == type(''):
+        xml1 = ET.fromstring(xml1)
+    for xml in xmls[1:]:
+        xml2 = xml
+        if type(xml2) == type(''):
+            xml2 = ET.fromstring(xml2)
+        if not compare(xml1, xml2): return False
+    return True
+
+def compare(xml1, xml2):
+    if xml1.tag != xml2.tag:
+        return False
+    if xml1.attrib != xml2.attrib:
+        return False
+    for child in xml1:
+        child2s = xml2.findall("%s" % child.tag)
+        if child2s is None:
+            return False
+        found = False
+        for child2 in child2s:
+            found = compare(child, child2)
+            if found: break
+        if not found: return False
+    return True