Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

Hello CPython team! 👋

Expat 2.6.0 introduced a newfunctionXML_SetReparseDeferralEnabled that currently neitherxml.parsers.expat.XMLParserType of pyexpat norxml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser of ElementTree give access to it, so when some Python-based library or application finds themselves in a situation where toggling reparse deferral is beneficial or needed for their scenario in the future, they will not be able to do so with ease or at all.

Please note that this is a sibling ticket to#90949 in some sense and implementations could be combined or done in one go, potentially.

Also please note that…

• forxml.etree.ElementTree.XMLParser a new methoddef flush(self): could be a reasonable API addition based on the ideagh-115133: test_xml_etree.py: Fix for Expat >=2.6.0 with reparse deferral (fixes #115133) #115138 (comment) ;
• the same seems to apply toxml.sax.xmlreader.IncrementalParser.

I cannot provide a pull request on the topic economically myself unfortunately, but I am happy to support any related efforts (including voice calls on the topic as needed). Thanks in advance!

Best, Sebastian

CC#90949
CC#115133

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

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Linked PRs

• gh-115398: Expose Expat >=2.6.0 reparse deferral API (CVE-2023-52425) #115623
• [3.12] gh-115398: Expose Expat >=2.6.0 reparse deferral API (CVE-2023-52425) (GH-115623) #116248
• [3.11] gh-115398: Expose Expat >=2.6.0 reparse deferral API (CVE-2023-52425) (GH-115623) #116268
• [3.10] gh-115398: Expose Expat >=2.6.0 reparse deferral API (CVE-2023-52425) (GH-115623) #116270
• [3.9] gh-115398: Expose Expat >=2.6.0 reparse deferral API (CVE-2023-52425) (GH-115623) #116272
• [3.8] gh-115398: Expose Expat >=2.6.0 reparse deferral API (CVE-2023-52425) (GH-115623) #116275
• gh-115398: Suggest use ofhasattr with checking for 3.13 Expat API availability #116278
• gh-115398: Increment PyExpat_CAPI_MAGIC for SetReparseDeferralEnabled addition #116301
• gh-115398: RevertPyExpat_CAPI_MAGIC version bump #116411