Calling ElementTree.write on an ElementTree instance where ElementTree._root is the wrong type causes possible data loss

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Bug report

Bug description:

Example:

tree = xml.etree.ElementTree.ElementTree(element = "") # element should be an ElementTree.Element object or None
tree.write("file.xml") # This appropriately causes a traceback, but blanks file.xml if it exists

PR coming with a fix!

CPython versions tested on:

CPython main branch, 3.14

Operating systems tested on:

macOS

Linked PRs

• gh-135640: Adds type checking to ElementTree.ElementTree constructor, plus relevant tests #135643