code: def assign_dict(self, node, xml_dict):
          
          new_node = etree.Element(node.tag)
  
          # Replaces the previous node with the new one
          self._xml.replace(node, new_node)
  
          # Copies #text and @attrs from the xml_dict
          helpers.dict_to_etree(xml_dict, new_node)
docs: Assigns a Python dict to a ``lxml`` node.
  
          :param node: A node to assign the dict to.
          :param xml_dict: The dict with attributes/children to use.