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xml.etree.ElementTree findall() fails when using custom TreeBuilder #79122

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jackjansen opened this issue Oct 9, 2018 · 5 comments
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BPO 34941
Nosy @jackjansen, @scoder, @serhiy-storchaka, @miss-islington
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  • bpo-34941: Fix searching Element subclasses. #9766
  • [3.7] bpo-34941: Fix searching Element subclasses. (GH-9766) #9867
  • [3.6] bpo-34941: Fix searching Element subclasses. (GH-9766) #9868
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    When using a TreeBuilder with a custom factory (returning a subclass of Element with some extra functionality) there is an issue with findall().

    XPaths using an indexed predicate no longer work: the findall() result is always empty. The attached test script shows the problem.

    I have analysed this as far as finding that the issue is in ElementPath.prepare_predicate.<locals>.select(), the last one. Specifically, the statement
    elems = list(parent.findall(elem.tag))
    always returns an empty list (if the Element class is subclassed).

    When using Python 2.7 everything works fine. When adding a findall() method to the Element subclass that simply calls Element.findall() everything also works fine. I suspect some issue with the _elementtree C implementation but I don't understand it.

    @jackjansen jackjansen added 3.7 (EOL) end of life stdlib Python modules in the Lib dir type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error labels Oct 9, 2018
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    Correction to the last line:
    When using Python 2.7 everything works fine. When adding a findall() method to the Element subclass that simply calls ElementPath.findall() everything also works fine. I suspect some issue with the _elementtree C implementation but I don't understand it.

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    New changeset b11c566 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'master':
    bpo-34941: Fix searching Element subclasses. (GH-9766)
    b11c566

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    New changeset b1c8003 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7':
    bpo-34941: Fix searching Element subclasses. (GH-9766)
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    New changeset 7c1c42b by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '3.6':
    [3.6] bpo-34941: Fix searching Element subclasses. (GH-9766) (GH-9868)
    7c1c42b

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