[basex-talk] db:create, namespaces not stripped when input is variable?

Hello all, Any particular reason behind this observed behaviour? (Basex 8.3).

.............................................................. [1] .............................................................. declare variable $test := <test xmlns:ce="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/ani/common" xmlns="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/ani/ani"> ce:initialsM.S.</ce:initials> </test>;

db:create('test', $test, 'blah', map {'stripns':true()})

.............................................................. [2] ..............................................................

db:open('test')/*

.............................................................. [3] ..............................................................

<test xmlns="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/ani/ani" xmlns:ce="http://www.elsevier.com/xml/ani/common"> ce:initialsM.S.</ce:initials> </test>

I would have expected the namespaces to be shredded ...

Cheers, Constantine

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