[issue11366] xml.etree.ElementTree.Element: docs should mention immediate subelement

Christian Heimes added the comment: The introduction [1] to etree explains it: Element.findall() finds only elements with a tag which are direct children of the current element. IMHO it's also the obvious outcome for anybody familiar with XML and XPath. [1] http://docs.python.org/3/library/

[issue11366] xml.etree.ElementTree.Element: docs should mention immediate subelement

anatoly techtonik added the comment: See also http://diveintopython3.org/xml.html#xml-find -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-

[issue11366] xml.etree.ElementTree.Element: docs should mention immediate subelement

Changes by anatoly techtonik : -- assignee: -> docs@python components: +Documentation nosy: +docs@python ___ Python tracker ___ ___ P

[issue11366] xml.etree.ElementTree.Element: docs should mention immediate subelement

New submission from anatoly techtonik : >From xml.etree.ElementTree.Element docs it is not obvious that find() and >fundall() functions all return immediate children of current element. -- messages: 129845 nosy: techtonik priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: xml.etree.E