[XML-SIG] DOM and empty namespaces

[Uche Ogbuji]

> I would like to add an assertion in the NS methods of 4DOM, to make sure
> that they are not called with empty strings as the namespaceURI. 

I think it's a good idea, given all the confusion over this issue.

> An alternate way would be to silently change the empty string to None, but
> I'm not too keen on that. Maybe a Warning could be used on python 2.1.

Better to fail noisily.  I'd go even stronger than warning.


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