The domNode manual page says the signature for the getAttributeNS method is:

getAttributeNS uri localName ?defaultValue?

However, when trying to pass a default value, the command throws an error:

% $node getAttributeNS $uri $attr $default
wrong # args: should be "domNode0x55ba42ccfb60 getAttributeNS uri localName"

I found this on 0.8.3, but looking at the latest version of the source code, I am quite confident the situation is still the same.

You're right. [090cdefdab8b9] brought code and doc in sync (doing, what the doc say). 

(And: Ummmh... Hadn't suspected such a simple thing still lingering around. Looks, this code was changend (and seriosly looked at) last time 17 years aog.)

Thanks for reporting!