gh-128805: Clarify cElementTree deprecation notice #144459
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The deprecation notice for xml.etree.cElementTree was confusing because it didn't explain what cElementTree is. This change clarifies that cElementTree is an alias for ElementTree and that users should use xml.etree.ElementTree directly instead. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
xml.etree.cElementTreeis an alias forxml.etree.ElementTreexml.etree.ElementTreedirectly insteadThe existing deprecation notice was confusing because it mentioned
cElementTreewithout explaining its relationship toElementTree, leading users to wonder if the entireElementTreemodule was deprecated.Test plan
Lib/xml/etree/cElementTree.pyis indeed just an alias that imports fromxml.etree.ElementTreemake checkpassesmake htmlbuilds successfully🤖 Generated with Claude Code
xml.etree.ElementTreedocs to make clear the module is not deprecated #128805📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--144459.org.readthedocs.build/