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-rw-r--r--src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/SymbolicXMLBuilder.scala2
-rw-r--r--test/files/pos/bug1626.scala4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/SymbolicXMLBuilder.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/SymbolicXMLBuilder.scala
index ad5bfb7909..7b2f894e6b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/SymbolicXMLBuilder.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/parser/SymbolicXMLBuilder.scala
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ abstract class SymbolicXMLBuilder(make: TreeBuilder, p: Parsers # Parser, preser
uri1 match {
case Apply(_, List(uri @ Literal(Constant(_)))) => //text
tlist = mkAssign(uri) :: tlist
+ case Select(_, nme.Nil) => // allow for xmlns="" -- bug #1626
+ tlist = mkAssign(Literal(Constant(null))) :: tlist
case _ =>
tlist = mkAssign(uri1) :: tlist
//println("SymbolicXMLBuilder::handleNamespaceBinding:")
diff --git a/test/files/pos/bug1626.scala b/test/files/pos/bug1626.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41072f2384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/pos/bug1626.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+object o {
+ val n = <a xmlns=""/>
+ n.namespace == null
+} \ No newline at end of file