From: Sam Ruby <rubys@...>
Date: 2008-04-10T07:56:17+09:00
Subject: Re: Patch for REXML to fix document writing in 1.9

Dave Thomas wrote:
> dave[RUBY3/Book 17:31:22] ruby -vr rexml/document -e 
> 'REXML::Document.new.write(STDOUT,0)'
> 
> ruby 1.9.0 (2008-04-08 revision 15427) [i686-darwin9.2.2]
> /usr/local/rubybook/lib/ruby/1.9.0/rexml/document.rb:187:in `write': 
> undefined local variable or method `trans' for <UNDEFINED> ... 
> </>:REXML::Document (NameError)
>     from -e:1:in `<main>'
> 
> I believe the following patch fixes it:
> 
> Index: lib/rexml/document.rb
> ===================================================================
> --- lib/rexml/document.rb    (revision 15929)
> +++ lib/rexml/document.rb    (working copy)
> @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
>          output = Output.new( output, xml_decl.encoding )
>        end
>        formatter = if indent > -1
> -          if trans
> +          if transitive
>              REXML::Formatters::Transitive.new( indent, ie_hack )
>            else
>              REXML::Formatters::Pretty.new( indent, ie_hack )

Fixed in REXML's repository:

http://www.germane-software.com/projects/rexml/changeset/546

Time to resync ruby's svn?

- Sam Ruby