Create base Elements from accelerator helpers - #9598

Nitpick comments: 3

crates/stdlib/src/elementtree.rs: 3

712-712: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add a regression test for makeelement on an Element subclass.

The only makeelement test uses a base Element receiver. A change that builds the receiver's subclass again would still pass it. Add an accelerator-specific test that calls makeelement on a subclass instance and asserts the result type is exactly the base Element. Put it in Lib/test/test_xml_etree_c.py, which imports the accelerator as cET, rather than in the shared test_xml_etree.py cases. The shared module may use a different makeelement implementation, so the exact-type assertion there is not established as safe.

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Review comment at @crates/stdlib/src/elementtree.rs at line 712:
Add an accelerator-specific regression test in the cET tests that calls
makeelement on an Element subclass instance and asserts the result’s exact type
is the base Element. Keep the test in the cET-specific test module rather than
the shared test_xml_etree.py cases.

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1134-1134: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Add a subclass deep-copy case that asserts the base Element type.

The deep-copy checks compare identity, tag, text, children, and attribute values. None checks the type of the copy. The local frozendict case copies a base Element. The upstream test___deepcopy__ copies a base Element too. The subclass tests define their own __deepcopy__, so they do not exercise the inherited path. A regression that makes inherited deep copy build the subclass would therefore pass the current tests.

A subclass source with an exact type assertion covers this path:

🧪 Suggested test change

+    class Sub(Element):
+        pass
+
     for mapping in (frozendict(), frozendict(a=[1])):
-        element = Element("root")
+        element = Sub("root")
         element.attrib = mapping
         shallow = copy.copy(element)
         assert shallow is not element and shallow.attrib is mapping
         deep = copy.deepcopy(element)
         assert deep is not element
+        assert type(deep) is Element
         assert type(deep.attrib) is frozendict and deep.attrib == mapping

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Review comment at @crates/stdlib/src/elementtree.rs at line 1134:
Extend the deep-copy test around `create_element` with a subclass that inherits
`Element.__deepcopy__` without overriding it, then deep-copy a subclass instance
and assert the result’s exact type is `Element`. Preserve the existing checks
for copied attributes and other deep-copy behavior.

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1305-1305: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Add a test that SubElement on an Element subclass returns a base Element.

SubElement now creates its child with create_element, which always builds the base Element. No test in test_xml_etree.py or test_xml_etree_c.py checks the child type on this path, so a change that restores parent.class() would not fail them. The test below goes in MiscTests, which uses the _elementtree module directly.

🧪 Suggested test

         self.assertEqual(element.attrib, {'A': 'B', 'C': 'D'})
 
+    def test_subelement_subclass_parent_child_type(self):
+        class MyElement(cET.Element):
+            pass
+        parent = MyElement('parent')
+        child = cET.SubElement(parent, 'child')
+        self.assertIs(type(child), cET.Element)
+
     @support.skip_wasi_stack_overflow()
     @support.skip_emscripten_stack_overflow()
     def test_trashcan(self):

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Review comment at @crates/stdlib/src/elementtree.rs at line 1305:
Add a test to MiscTests that creates a parent subclass of cET.Element, calls
cET.SubElement, and asserts the child’s exact type is cET.Element. This ensures
the create_element path continues to return a base Element for subclass parents.

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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @crates/stdlib/src/elementtree.rs:
- Line 712: Add an accelerator-specific regression test in the cET tests that
calls makeelement on an Element subclass instance and asserts the result’s exact
type is the base Element. Keep the test in the cET-specific test module rather
than the shared test_xml_etree.py cases.
- Line 1134: Extend the deep-copy test around `create_element` with a subclass
that inherits `Element.__deepcopy__` without overriding it, then deep-copy a
subclass instance and assert the result’s exact type is `Element`. Preserve the
existing checks for copied attributes and other deep-copy behavior.
- Line 1305: Add a test to MiscTests that creates a parent subclass of
cET.Element, calls cET.SubElement, and asserts the child’s exact type is
cET.Element. This ensures the create_element path continues to return a base
Element for subclass parents.

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