bpo-36543: Remove old-deprecated ElementTree features. (GH-12707)

Remove methods Element.getchildren(), Element.getiterator() and
ElementTree.getiterator() and the xml.etree.cElementTree module.

Author: serhiy-storchaka

Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst

@@ -873,18 +873,6 @@ Element Objects
       in the expression into the given namespace.
 
 
-   .. method:: getchildren()
-
-      .. deprecated-removed:: 3.2 3.9
-         Use ``list(elem)`` or iteration.
-
-
-   .. method:: getiterator(tag=None)
-
-      .. deprecated-removed:: 3.2 3.9
-         Use method :meth:`Element.iter` instead.
-
-
    .. method:: insert(index, subelement)
 
       Inserts *subelement* at the given position in this element.  Raises
@@ -1019,12 +1007,6 @@ ElementTree Objects
       Same as :meth:`Element.findtext`, starting at the root of the tree.
 
 
-   .. method:: getiterator(tag=None)
-
-      .. deprecated-removed:: 3.2 3.9
-         Use method :meth:`ElementTree.iter` instead.
-
-
    .. method:: getroot()
 
       Returns the root element for this tree.

Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst

@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ Removed
   Use :meth:`~threading.Thread.is_alive()` instead.
   (Contributed by Dong-hee Na in :issue:`37804`.)
 
+* Methods ``getchildren()`` and ``getiterator()`` in the
+  :mod:`~xml.etree.ElementTree` module have been removed.  They were
+  deprecated in Python 3.2.  Use functions :func:`list` and :func:`iter`
+  instead.  The ``xml.etree.cElementTree`` module has been removed.
+  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`36543`.)
+
 
 Porting to Python 3.9
 =====================

Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py

@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ def check_method(method):
         check_method(element.extend)
         check_method(element.insert)
         check_method(element.remove)
-        check_method(element.getchildren)
         check_method(element.find)
         check_method(element.iterfind)
         check_method(element.findall)
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@ def check_method(method):
         check_method(element.items)
         check_method(element.iter)
         check_method(element.itertext)
-        check_method(element.getiterator)
 
         # These methods return an iterable. See bug 6472.
 
@@ -741,46 +739,42 @@ def end_ns(self, prefix):
                 ('end-ns', ''),
             ])
 
-    # Element.getchildren() and ElementTree.getiterator() are deprecated.
-    @checkwarnings(("This method will be removed in future versions.  "
-                    "Use .+ instead.",
-                    DeprecationWarning))
-    def test_getchildren(self):
-        # Test Element.getchildren()
+    def test_children(self):
+        # Test Element children iteration
 
         with open(SIMPLE_XMLFILE, "rb") as f:
             tree = ET.parse(f)
-        self.assertEqual([summarize_list(elem.getchildren())
+        self.assertEqual([summarize_list(elem)
                           for elem in tree.getroot().iter()], [
                 ['element', 'element', 'empty-element'],
                 [],
                 [],
                 [],
             ])
-        self.assertEqual([summarize_list(elem.getchildren())
-                          for elem in tree.getiterator()], [
+        self.assertEqual([summarize_list(elem)
+                          for elem in tree.iter()], [
                 ['element', 'element', 'empty-element'],
                 [],
                 [],
                 [],
             ])
 
         elem = ET.XML(SAMPLE_XML)
-        self.assertEqual(len(elem.getchildren()), 3)
-        self.assertEqual(len(elem[2].getchildren()), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(elem[:], elem.getchildren())
+        self.assertEqual(len(list(elem)), 3)
+        self.assertEqual(len(list(elem[2])), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(elem[:], list(elem))
         child1 = elem[0]
         child2 = elem[2]
         del elem[1:2]
-        self.assertEqual(len(elem.getchildren()), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(len(list(elem)), 2)
         self.assertEqual(child1, elem[0])
         self.assertEqual(child2, elem[1])
         elem[0:2] = [child2, child1]
         self.assertEqual(child2, elem[0])
         self.assertEqual(child1, elem[1])
         self.assertNotEqual(child1, elem[0])
         elem.clear()
-        self.assertEqual(elem.getchildren(), [])
+        self.assertEqual(list(elem), [])
 
     def test_writestring(self):
         elem = ET.XML("<html><body>text</body></html>")
@@ -2955,40 +2949,6 @@ def test_iter_by_tag(self):
         self.assertEqual(self._ilist(doc), all_tags)
         self.assertEqual(self._ilist(doc, '*'), all_tags)
 
-    # Element.getiterator() is deprecated.
-    @checkwarnings(("This method will be removed in future versions.  "
-                    "Use .+ instead.", DeprecationWarning))
-    def test_getiterator(self):
-        doc = ET.XML('''
-            <document>
-                <house>
-                    <room>bedroom1</room>
-                    <room>bedroom2</room>
-                </house>
-                <shed>nothing here
-                </shed>
-                <house>
-                    <room>bedroom8</room>
-                </house>
-            </document>''')
-
-        self.assertEqual(summarize_list(doc.getiterator('room')),
-                         ['room'] * 3)
-        self.assertEqual(summarize_list(doc.getiterator('house')),
-                         ['house'] * 2)
-
-        # test that getiterator also accepts 'tag' as a keyword arg
-        self.assertEqual(
-            summarize_list(doc.getiterator(tag='room')),
-            ['room'] * 3)
-
-        # make sure both tag=None and tag='*' return all tags
-        all_tags = ['document', 'house', 'room', 'room',
-                    'shed', 'house', 'room']
-        self.assertEqual(summarize_list(doc.getiterator()), all_tags)
-        self.assertEqual(summarize_list(doc.getiterator(None)), all_tags)
-        self.assertEqual(summarize_list(doc.getiterator('*')), all_tags)
-
     def test_copy(self):
         a = ET.Element('a')
         it = a.iter()

Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py

@@ -273,19 +273,6 @@ def remove(self, subelement):
         # assert iselement(element)
         self._children.remove(subelement)
 
-    def getchildren(self):
-        """(Deprecated) Return all subelements.
-
-        Elements are returned in document order.
-
-        """
-        warnings.warn(
-            "This method will be removed in future versions.  "
-            "Use 'list(elem)' or iteration over elem instead.",
-            DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2
-            )
-        return self._children
-
     def find(self, path, namespaces=None):
         """Find first matching element by tag name or path.
 
@@ -409,15 +396,6 @@ def iter(self, tag=None):
         for e in self._children:
             yield from e.iter(tag)
 
-    # compatibility
-    def getiterator(self, tag=None):
-        warnings.warn(
-            "This method will be removed in future versions.  "
-            "Use 'elem.iter()' or 'list(elem.iter())' instead.",
-            DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2
-        )
-        return list(self.iter(tag))
-
     def itertext(self):
         """Create text iterator.
 
@@ -617,15 +595,6 @@ def iter(self, tag=None):
         # assert self._root is not None
         return self._root.iter(tag)
 
-    # compatibility
-    def getiterator(self, tag=None):
-        warnings.warn(
-            "This method will be removed in future versions.  "
-            "Use 'tree.iter()' or 'list(tree.iter())' instead.",
-            DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2
-        )
-        return list(self.iter(tag))
-
     def find(self, path, namespaces=None):
         """Find first matching element by tag name or path.
 

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-04-06-20-08-12.bpo-36543.RPjmUz.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Removed methods Element.getchildren(), Element.getiterator() and
+ElementTree.getiterator() and the xml.etree.cElementTree module.

Modules/_elementtree.c

@@ -1426,42 +1426,6 @@ _elementtree_Element_get_impl(ElementObject *self, PyObject *key,
     return value;
 }
 
-/*[clinic input]
-_elementtree.Element.getchildren
-
-[clinic start generated code]*/
-
-static PyObject *
-_elementtree_Element_getchildren_impl(ElementObject *self)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=e50ffe118637b14f input=0f754dfded150d5f]*/
-{
-    Py_ssize_t i;
-    PyObject* list;
-
-    if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
-                     "This method will be removed in future versions.  "
-                     "Use 'list(elem)' or iteration over elem instead.",
-                     1) < 0) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (!self->extra)
-        return PyList_New(0);
-
-    list = PyList_New(self->extra->length);
-    if (!list)
-        return NULL;
-
-    for (i = 0; i < self->extra->length; i++) {
-        PyObject* item = self->extra->children[i];
-        Py_INCREF(item);
-        PyList_SET_ITEM(list, i, item);
-    }
-
-    return list;
-}
-
-
 static PyObject *
 create_elementiter(ElementObject *self, PyObject *tag, int gettext);
 
@@ -1492,27 +1456,6 @@ _elementtree_Element_iter_impl(ElementObject *self, PyObject *tag)
 }
 
 
-/*[clinic input]
-_elementtree.Element.getiterator
-
-    tag: object = None
-
-[clinic start generated code]*/
-
-static PyObject *
-_elementtree_Element_getiterator_impl(ElementObject *self, PyObject *tag)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=cb69ff4a3742dfa1 input=500da1a03f7b9e28]*/
-{
-    if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
-                     "This method will be removed in future versions.  "
-                     "Use 'tree.iter()' or 'list(tree.iter())' instead.",
-                     1) < 0) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    return _elementtree_Element_iter_impl(self, tag);
-}
-
-
 /*[clinic input]
 _elementtree.Element.itertext
 
@@ -4220,9 +4163,6 @@ static PyMethodDef element_methods[] = {
     _ELEMENTTREE_ELEMENT_ITERTEXT_METHODDEF
     _ELEMENTTREE_ELEMENT_ITERFIND_METHODDEF
 
-    _ELEMENTTREE_ELEMENT_GETITERATOR_METHODDEF
-    _ELEMENTTREE_ELEMENT_GETCHILDREN_METHODDEF
-
     _ELEMENTTREE_ELEMENT_ITEMS_METHODDEF
     _ELEMENTTREE_ELEMENT_KEYS_METHODDEF