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authorEli Bendersky <eliben@gmail.com>2013-05-19 09:09:24 -0700
committerEli Bendersky <eliben@gmail.com>2013-05-19 09:09:24 -0700
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Clarify docs too: events can be any sequence (not that the C code supports it)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
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+++ b/Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ Functions
Parses an XML section into an element tree incrementally, and reports what's
going on to the user. *source* is a filename or :term:`file object`
- containing XML data. *events* is a list of events to report back. The
+ containing XML data. *events* is a sequence of events to report back. The
supported events are the strings ``"start"``, ``"end"``, ``"start-ns"``
and ``"end-ns"`` (the "ns" events are used to get detailed namespace
information). If *events* is omitted, only ``"end"`` events are reported.
@@ -875,8 +875,8 @@ IncrementalParser Objects
.. class:: IncrementalParser(events=None, parser=None)
An incremental, event-driven parser suitable for non-blocking applications.
- *events* is a list of events to report back. The supported events are the
- strings ``"start"``, ``"end"``, ``"start-ns"`` and ``"end-ns"`` (the "ns"
+ *events* is a sequence of events to report back. The supported events are
+ the strings ``"start"``, ``"end"``, ``"start-ns"`` and ``"end-ns"`` (the "ns"
events are used to get detailed namespace information). If *events* is
omitted, only ``"end"`` events are reported. *parser* is an optional
parser instance. If not given, the standard :class:`XMLParser` parser is