[issue13782] xml.etree.ElementTree: Element.append doesn't type-check its argument

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> added the comment:

Option 1 is to fix the regression in the 2.7/3.2 Python versions and change the C version to conform to the doc and older Python versions., even though it is the wrong error, and even though Python asserts disappear with -O (which is why it is the wrong error).

Option 2 is to leave cET alone with the correct error and fix 2.7/3.2 and the docs to conform.

Option 3 is to leave cET alone and leave 2.7/3.2 alone as done deals, even if bad. Change 3.3 Python and docs to TypeError. We would need a version-changed note, but perhaps should mention the 3.2 behavior so as to not give a mis-impression.

I think I favor 3, but after presenting the trilemma on pydev.

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