[issue6565] improper use of __setitem__ in ElementTree for Python 3.1

Florent Xicluna added the comment: Fixed in 2.7 with #6472. It should be ported to 3.x later. -- dependencies: -Update ElementTree with upstream changes resolution: -> fixed stage: needs patch -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed superseder: -> Update ElementTree with upstrea

[issue6565] improper use of __setitem__ in ElementTree for Python 3.1

Changes by Antoine Pitrou : -- assignee: -> effbot nosy: +effbot priority: -> high stage: -> needs patch versions: +Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue6565] improper use of __setitem__ in ElementTree for Python 3.1

New submission from Andre Roberge : I have a function to replace the content of an ElementTree Element by that of another one which works using Python 2 but not with Python 3. I get an assertion error. It was suggested on the Python list that the problem is that in Python 3 slice assignments a