Use generator in streaming mode

Callbacks are not very convenient way to handle streaming. For example:

def handle_artist(_, artist):
    print(artist['name'])
    return True

xmltodict.parse(GzipFile('discogs_artists.xml.gz'),
    item_depth=2, item_callback=handle_artist)

Could look like this:

data = GzipFile('discogs_artists.xml.gz')
for _, artist in xmltodict.parse(data, item_depth=2):
    print(artist['name'])

This looks much more pythonic.

[mcrowson]

I ended up using the standard XML lib to yield dictionaries. Not in progress on my end. That original PR looked good though if you want to harvest its generator.

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[mcrowson]

it looks like #104 had generator stuff and it hasn’t been touched since May? If I pulled that out and made it a standalone PR would you accept it @martinblech ?