# File /home/ser/Work/rexml/rexml/element.rb, line 574
  def []( index, name=nil)
			if index.kind_of? Integer
				raise "index (#{index}) must be >= 1" if index < 1
				literal, name = literalize name
				num = 0
				child = nil
				@element.find { |child|
					child.kind_of? Element and
					(name.nil? ? true : child.has_name?( name, literal )) and 
					(num += 1) == index
				}
			else
				XPath::each(@element, index ) { |element| return element }
				return nil
			end
		end