diff -r f2d695d2e31e util/stanza.lua
--- a/util/stanza.lua	Fri Mar 09 18:46:19 2012 +0000
+++ b/util/stanza.lua	Thu Mar 15 19:52:51 2012 -0400
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 		for i = start_i, max_i do
 			local v = tags[i];
 			if (not name or v.name == name)
-			and (not xmlns or xmlns == v.attr.xmlns) then
+			and (not xmlns or not v.attr.xmlns or xmlns == v.attr.xmlns) then
 				start_i = i+1;
 				return v;
 			end
@@ -204,12 +204,13 @@
 	else
 		t_insert(buf, ">");
 		for n=1,len do
-			local child = t[n];
-			if child.name then
-				self(child, buf, self, xml_escape, t.attr.xmlns);
+			local child = t[n]
+			if type ( child ) == "string" then
+				child = xml_escape ( child )
 			else
-				t_insert(buf, xml_escape(child));
+				child = tostring ( child )
 			end
+			t_insert ( buf , child )
 		end
 		t_insert(buf, "</"..name..">");
 	end