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diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst index d9e1b59..b99dec5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst +++ b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst @@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ Functions .. function:: fromstring(text) - Parses an XML section from a string constant. Same as XML. *text* is a - string containing XML data. Returns an :class:`Element` instance. + Parses an XML section from a string constant. Same as :func:`XML`. *text* + is a string containing XML data. Returns an :class:`Element` instance. .. function:: fromstringlist(sequence, parser=None) @@ -148,22 +148,24 @@ Functions arguments. Returns an element instance. -.. function:: tostring(element, encoding=None, method=None) +.. function:: tostring(element, encoding=None, method="xml") Generates a string representation of an XML element, including all - subelements. *element* is an :class:`Element` instance. *encoding* is the - output encoding (default is None). *method* is either ``"xml"``, + subelements. *element* is an :class:`Element` instance. *encoding* [1]_ is + the output encoding (default is None). *method* is either ``"xml"``, ``"html"`` or ``"text"`` (default is ``"xml"``). Returns an (optionally) encoded string containing the XML data. -.. function:: tostringlist(element, encoding=None, method=None) +.. function:: tostringlist(element, encoding=None, method="xml") Generates a string representation of an XML element, including all - subelements. *element* is an :class:`Element` instance. *encoding* is the - output encoding (default is None). *method* is either ``"xml"``, - ``"html"`` or ``"text"`` (default is ``"xml"``). Returns a sequence object - containing the XML data. + subelements. *element* is an :class:`Element` instance. *encoding* [1]_ is + the output encoding (default is None). *method* is either ``"xml"``, + ``"html"`` or ``"text"`` (default is ``"xml"``). Returns a list of + (optionally) encoded strings containing the XML data. It does not guarantee + any specific sequence, except that ``"".join(tostringlist(element)) == + tostring(element)``. .. versionadded:: 2.7 @@ -455,7 +457,7 @@ ElementTree Objects root element. - .. method:: write(file, encoding=None, xml_declaration=None, method=None) + .. method:: write(file, encoding=None, xml_declaration=None, method="xml") Writes the element tree to a file, as XML. *file* is a file name, or a file object opened for writing. *encoding* [1]_ is the output encoding |