Python lxml Subelement with text value?

Question

Is it possible to somehow create element with default text value? So I would not need to do it like this?

from lxml import etree

root = etree.Element('root')
a = etree.SubElement(root, 'a')
a.text = 'some text' # Avoid this extra step?

I mean you can specify attributes in SubElement, but I don't see a way to specify text in it.

Answer 1

How about the following?

etree.SubElement(root, "a").text = "some text"

Works only if you do not need to assign the resultant element to a variable.