Global.escape?

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Hi,

I have a logger class wrapped up a module as not to conflict with the
Ruby logger class

<SNIP>
module Utilities
class Logger
   require "rexml/document"
   include REXML

   def initialize
     @doc = Document.new
     xmldecl = XMLDecl.default
     @doc.add(xmldecl)
     @root = @doc.add_element 'testresults'
   end

   def test_case(test_name, test_desc)
     @test = @root.add_element 'test'
     @test.attributes["id"] = test_name
     des= @test.add_element 'description'
     des.text = test_desc
   end

   #cannot have a test result without a test case
   def test_results(msg)
     if yield
       test_status = @test.add_element 'teststatus'
       test_status.text = 'PASS'
     else
       fail = @test.add_element 'teststatus'
       fail.text = 'FAIL'
       fail_msg = @test.add_element 'failmessage'
       fail_msg.text = msg
     end
   end

   def write_xml_to_file(file_name="C:/test_results.xml")
     @doc.write($stdout, 1)
     @doc.write(File.open(file_name,"w"))
   end
end
end
</SNIP>

I use this logger in various classes and modules, and I feel ashamed
by using a global variable

$log = Utilities::Logger.new

I have tried using an attr_reader on @root without success.

Is there anyway I can use this class in my project without using a
global?

Regards

Aidy