object Test extends App { val foo = assert(foo.child.head.scope.toString == """ xmlns:x="http://bar.com/"""") val fooDefault = assert(fooDefault.child.head.scope.toString == """ xmlns="http://bar.com/"""") val foo2 = scala.xml.XML.loadString("""""") assert(foo2.child.head.scope.toString == """ xmlns:x="http://bar.com/"""") val foo2Default = scala.xml.XML.loadString("""""") assert(foo2Default.child.head.scope.toString == """ xmlns="http://bar.com/"""") }