Hi, In production we are running Ruby v1.8.6 patchlevel 0, whose REXML libraries contain a bug in the Attribute class. This particular bug escapes ampersands twice (e.g. "You & Me" => "You && Me"). We''ll probably upgrade to the latest patchlevel in the near future, but we need a quick fix, so I was thinking about monkey patching only the Attribute class. I ran a diff between the 2 versions and there are only a few line changes. Does anyone have experience with monkey patching only certain parts of the Ruby core libraries? Is this a big no-no for some reason? Thanks, Tiberiu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.