What solution did you chose? While matching cElementTree to the ElementTree is the simplest solution I think there is some ambiguity as to the what the preferred behavior as outlined in my original post.
Changes by Florent Xicluna <laxyf@yahoo.fr>:
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components: +XML -Library (Lib)
nosy: +flox
priority: -> normal
stage: -> test needed
versions: +Python 2.7
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