xml.etree: Fix namespace prefix resolution in ElementPath xpath_tokenizer (GH-140123)

sangampaudel530 · sangampaudel530 · commit 145d47f782fe · 2025-10-21T10:39:46.000+05:45
The namespace prefix resolution in ElementPath.xpath_tokenizer now properly uses globally
registered namespaces after trying local namespaces first. This ensures consistent namespace
handling across both Python and C implementations.
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+ElementTree.find() and similar methods now properly use globally registered namespaces when resolving namespace prefixes in XPath expressions.

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