[basex-talk] Empty namespace declarations

[Johannes Bauer]

Hi,

we've recently updated BaseX from 10.5 to 10.6 and it seems there was 
some change in the namespace declaration behavior.

Example:

declare function local:list() as element()+
{
  (
    <string>1</string>,
    <string>2</string>,
    <string>3</string>
  )
};

declare function local:to-json() as element()
{
    <map xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions";>
        <string key="id">id</string>
        <array key="list">{local:list()}</array>
    </map>
};

local:to-json()

Output 10.5:

<map xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions";>
    <string key="id">id</string>
    <array key="list">
        <string>1</string>
        <string>2</string>
        <string>3</string>
    </array>
</map>

Output 10.6:

<map xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions";>
    <string key="id">id</string>
    <array key="list">
        <string xmlns="">1</string>
        <string xmlns="">2</string>
        <string xmlns="">3</string>
    </array>
</map>

The empty namespace attributes are added when the elements are created 
with a function and not directly in the context of the parent element.

Was this intended and if yes is there a switch to get the old behavior back?

Best Regards
Johannes