New submission from Steven Vascellaro <stevois...@gmail.com>:
In Python 3.6, converting an xml `xml.etree.ElementTree.Element` to a string is
done using `xml.etree.ElementTree.tostring()`.
```
from xml.etree import ElementTree
xml = ElementTree.Element('Person', Name='John')
print(ElementTree.tostring(xml, encoding='unicode', method='xml')
# Output: <Person Name="John" />
```
I would like to propose adding a `tostring()` function to the `Element` class,
so that `ElementTree.tostring(xml)` could be replaced with the more intuitive
`xml.tostring()`.
```
from xml.etree import ElementTree
xml = ElementTree.Element('Person', Name='John')
print(xml.tostring(encoding='unicode', method='xml'))
# Output: <Person Name="John" />
```
Benefits:
- Doesn't require importing `xml.etree.ElementTree`
- Allows writing more concise code
- Makes `tostring` part of the `Element` class
- Maintains backwards compatibility
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components: XML
messages: 316966
nosy: Stevoisiak
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add .tostring() method to xml.etree.ElementTree.Element
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.6
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<https://bugs.python.org/issue33561>
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