Re: REXML::Functions.name == nil

Ryan Davis wrote:

> I found this oddity while running ParseTree over every .rb file in the 
> ruby libs:
> 
>> irb(main):003:0> REXML::Functions.name
>> => nil
> sure enough, Functions::name is defined. This seems bad to me. It also 
> defines id and breaks it too:
> 
>> irb(main):004:0> Class.id
>> => 974456
>> irb(main):005:0> REXML::Functions.id
>> ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (0 for 1)
> Can we get these renamed or otherwise make them work with their regular 
> semantics?

I'm not sure about .id as that should not be used anymore anyway, (use 
.object_id instead) but for REXML::Functions.name a workaround is to use 
Module.instance_method(:name).bind(REXML::Functions).call