# \[Bug #553\] REXML::Document#write(io, 1, true, true) #=\> NameError/ArgumentError

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-553-rexml-document-write-io-1-true-true-nameerror-argumenterror/148123>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [September 9, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-553-rexml-document-write-io-1-true-true-nameerror-argumenterror/148123 "2008-09-09T15:43:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-553-rexml-document-write-io-1-true-true-nameerror-argumenterror/148123/1 "2008-09-09T15:43:02Z")

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Bug #553: REXML::Document#write(io, 1, true, true) #=\>  
NameError/ArgumentError  
[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/553](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/553)

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> > require “rexml/document”  
> > =\> true  
> > REXML::Document.new(“**”).write($stdout, 1, true, true)  
> > NameError: uninitialized constant REXML::Formatters::Transitive  
> > from /home/akira/src/ruby/ruby/lib/rexml/document.rb:189:in `write' from (irb):2 from bin/irb:12:in `’**

 

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> > require “rexml/document”  
> > =\> true  
> > require “rexml/formatters/transitive”  
> > =\> true  
> > REXML::Document.new(“**”).write($stdout, 1, true, true)  
> > ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)  
> > from /home/akira/src/ruby/ruby/lib/rexml/document.rb:189:in `new' from /home/akira/src/ruby/ruby/lib/rexml/document.rb:189:in `write’  
> > from (irb):4  
> > from bin/irb:12:in `’**

 

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**Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-553-rexml-document-write-io-1-true-true-nameerror-argumenterror/148123/2 "2008-12-11T02:27:46Z")

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## Applied in changeset r20620.

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/553](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/553)