Index: Lib/xml/etree/ElementPath.py
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--- Lib/xml/etree/ElementPath.py	(Revision 65108)
+++ Lib/xml/etree/ElementPath.py	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 ##
 
 import re
+import types
 
 xpath_tokenizer = re.compile(
     "(::|\.\.|\(\)|[/.*:\[\]\(\)@=])|((?:\{[^}]+\})?[^/:\[\]\(\)@=\s]+)|\s+"
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@
                         )
         if self.path and isinstance(self.path[-1], xpath_descendant_or_self):
             raise SyntaxError("path cannot end with //")
-        if len(self.path) == 1 and isinstance(self.path[0], type("")):
+        if len(self.path) == 1 and isinstance(self.path[0], types.StringTypes):
             self.tag = self.path[0]
 
     ##
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@
             if isinstance(path, xpath_descendant_or_self):
                 try:
                     tag = self.path[index]
-                    if not isinstance(tag, type("")):
+                    if not isinstance(tag, types.StringTypes):
                         tag = None
                     else:
                         index = index + 1