Python SAX utilities XML Generator and default namespaces

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>]

Is there an incantation when using XMLGenerator for Python SAX to work with 
default namespaces?  Below is what I thought would be an identity transform 
(modulo syntax issues) of an XML document, yet it is throwing an error when 
using the default namespace on input (but not when using a prefixed 
namespace on input).

Looking at the SAX Utilities documentation in Python I don't see any 
reference to the default namespace.

Thanks for any help anyone can be on this.

.................. Ken


Z:\data\KenData\dev\python>type passthrough.py
import sys
from xml.sax import make_parser, SAXParseException
from xml.sax.saxutils import XMLGenerator

handler = XMLGenerator()
parser = make_parser()
parser.setFeature( "http://xml.org/sax/features/namespaces";, 1 )
parser.setContentHandler( handler )

try: # processing the input file using the defined SAX events
     parser.parse( sys.stdin )
except IOError, (errno, strerror):
     errorExit( "I/O error(%s): %s: %s" % (errno, strerror, file) )
except SAXParseException:
     errorExit( "File does not parse as well-formed XML: %s" % file )

# end of file

Z:\data\KenData\dev\python>type pass1.xml
<a:doc xmlns:a="a"><hello/></a:doc>

Z:\data\KenData\dev\python>python passthrough.py <pass1.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<a:doc xmlns:a="a"><hello></hello></a:doc>
Z:\data\KenData\dev\python>type pass2.xml
<doc xmlns="a"><hello/></doc>

Z:\data\KenData\dev\python>python passthrough.py <pass2.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "passthrough.py", line 11, in ?
     parser.parse( sys.stdin )
   File "p:\python\lib\xml\sax\expatreader.py", line 91, in parse
     xmlreader.IncrementalParser.parse(self, source)
   File "p:\python\lib\xml\sax\xmlreader.py", line 123, in parse
     self.feed(buffer)
   File "p:\python\lib\xml\sax\expatreader.py", line 144, in feed
     self._parser.Parse(data, isFinal)
   File "p:\python\lib\xml\sax\expatreader.py", line 253, in start_element_ns
     AttributesNSImpl(newattrs, qnames))
   File "p:\python\lib\xml\sax\saxutils.py", line 95, in startElementNS
     name = self._current_context[name[0]] + ":" + name[1]
TypeError: unsupported operand types for +: 'NoneType' and 'str'

Z:\data\KenData\dev\python>

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