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+"""Helpers for cross compatibility across dependency versions."""
+from typing import Callable, Iterable
+
+from docutils.nodes import Element
+
+
+def findall(node: Element) -> Callable[..., Iterable[Element]]:
+    """Iterate through"""
+    # findall replaces traverse in docutils v0.18
+    # note a difference is that findall is an iterator
+    return getattr(node, "findall", node.traverse)