[issue32476] Add concat functionality to ElementTree xpath find

Stefan Behnel added the comment: I think the use case of quote escaping is too niche for a feature like concat(), where I (at least) would expect to be able to dynamically concatenate text content, not just constant strings. There seem to be at least a few alternatives to the usage of

[issue32476] Add concat functionality to ElementTree xpath find

Stefan Behnel added the comment: I can't see why this should be restricted to attribute values and not text content in general. Therefore, I would suggest adding general support for functions, and making this only a special case. Otherwise, this would only solve a very

[issue32476] Add concat functionality to ElementTree xpath find

Ned Deily added the comment: Sorry, I think this qualifies as a new feature and thus needs to go in 3.8. Plus it should get a wider review from those with ET experience. Perhaps @scoder would be willing go take a look. -- nosy: +scoder versions: -Python 3.7

[issue32476] Add concat functionality to ElementTree xpath find

Stéphane Wirtel added the comment: I think (but not sure) that your feature will be included in 3.8 because 3.7 has been frozen today :/ @ned do you think you could integrate this functionality in 3.7 or 3.8 ? -- nosy: +ned.deily

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John Jolly added the comment: I understand that the feature is likely too late, but I do not want it to get lost. Is there any way to make certain this feature is accepted for the next release? Do I just select the 3.8 version for this issue? --

[issue32476] Add concat functionality to ElementTree xpath find

Stéphane Wirtel added the comment: as explained on the PR, maybe you could add in the documentation. ..versionadded:: 3.7 Support of the XPath concat function but maybe your PR is too late because 3.7 starts to be in the frozen period for the features. --

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[issue32476] Add concat functionality to ElementTree xpath find

New submission from John Jolly : The current implementation of the xpath specification in ElementTree does not allow for predicates that may contain both an apostrophe and a quote. Either one or the other is allowed, but escaping (either string escaping using the backslash or