Simplify code.

lxml · Jul 5, 2023 · 015bb8e · 015bb8e
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commit 015bb8e
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/src/lxml/etree.pyx b/src/lxml/etree.pyx
@@ -855,9 +855,8 @@ cdef public class _Element [ type LxmlElementType, object LxmlElement ]:
         _assertValidNode(self)
         _assertValidNode(element)
         if self._c_node.parent != NULL and not _isElement(self._c_node.parent):
-            if element._c_node.type != tree.XML_PI_NODE:
-                if element._c_node.type != tree.XML_COMMENT_NODE:
-                    raise TypeError, u"Only processing instructions and comments can be siblings of the root element"
+            if element._c_node.type not in (tree.XML_PI_NODE, tree.XML_COMMENT_NODE):
+                raise TypeError, u"Only processing instructions and comments can be siblings of the root element"
             element.tail = None
         _appendSibling(self, element)