From 0d160d3d04eb731d0faf987b3657edf183e0b349 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kovan Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 23:31:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] gh-128805: Clarify cElementTree deprecation notice 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 --- Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst index e59759683a6d4c..5464becbfb0b35 100644 --- a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst +++ b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst @@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ for parsing and creating XML data. This module will use a fast implementation whenever available. .. deprecated:: 3.3 - The :mod:`!xml.etree.cElementTree` module is deprecated. + The :mod:`!xml.etree.cElementTree` module, which is an alias for + :mod:`xml.etree.ElementTree`, is deprecated. Use :mod:`xml.etree.ElementTree` + directly instead. .. note::