# File temp/xpath.rb, line 45
                def XPath::each element, path=nil, namespaces=nil, variables={}, &block
      raise "The namespaces argument, if supplied, must be a hash object." unless namespaces.nil? or namespaces.kind_of?(Hash)
      raise "The variables argument, if supplied, must be a hash object." unless variables.kind_of?(Hash)
                        parser = XPathParser.new
                        parser.namespaces = namespaces
                        parser.variables = variables
                        path = "*" unless path
                        element = [element] unless element.kind_of? Array
                        parser.parse(path, element).each( &block )
                end