# Rcov fails with errors related to rexml **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 3, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rcov-fails-with-errors-related-to-rexml/150120 "2008-10-03T23:53:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gazoduc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gazoduc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gazoduc)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rcov-fails-with-errors-related-to-rexml/150120/1 "2008-10-03T23:53:16Z")
Running rcov fails during post processing. Anyone has found a fix for this incompatibility problem between rcov 0.8.1.2 and rexml in ruby 1.8.7 ? Thanks for any help. Gaspard * * * versions: rcov 0.8.1.2 2007-11-22 ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-darwin9] complete backtrace: /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:131:in `[]': no implicit conversion from nil to integer (TypeError) from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:131:in`wrap’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:131:in `wrap' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:90:in`write\_text’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/default.rb:50:in `write' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:75:in`write\_element’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:73:in `each' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:73:in`write\_element’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/default.rb:31:in `write' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:75:in`write\_element’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:73:in `each' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:73:in`write\_element’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/default.rb:31:in `write' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:117:in`write\_document’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:111:in `each' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/pretty.rb:111:in`write\_document’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/formatters/default.rb:28:in `write' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/document.rb:195:in`write’ from (eval):93:in `pretty' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rcov-0.8.1.2.0/lib/rcov/ report.rb:1003:in`create\_file’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rcov-0.8.1.2.0/lib/rcov/ report.rb:708:in `execute' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rcov-0.8.1.2.0/lib/rcov/ report.rb:125:in`each’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rcov-0.8.1.2.0/lib/rcov/ report.rb:125:in `each_file_pair_sorted' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rcov-0.8.1.2.0/lib/rcov/ report.rb:707:in`execute’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rcov-0.8.1.2.0/lib/rcov.rb: 640:in `dump_coverage_info' from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rcov-0.8.1.2.0/lib/rcov.rb: 640:in`each’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rcov-0.8.1.2.0/lib/rcov.rb: 640:in `dump\_coverage\_info’ from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rcov-0.8.1.2.0/bin/rcov:421 from /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/test/unit.rb:278 ---
**Author:** ![gazoduc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gazoduc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gazoduc)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 3:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rcov-fails-with-errors-related-to-rexml/150120/2 "2008-10-05T03:31:40Z")
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