diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 052bd8f89e..000a317e43 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Dec 16 00:57:30 2004  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* ext/syck/rubyext.c (rb_syck_io_str_read): [ruby-core:03973]
+
 Thu Dec 16 00:43:29 2004  Masatoshi SEKI  <m_seki@mva.biglobe.ne.jp>
 
 	* lib/drb/drb.rb: changed default binded address family to use an
@@ -20,6 +24,10 @@ Wed Dec 15 17:47:17 2004  GOTOU Yuuzou  <gotoyuzo@notwork.org>
 	* lib/webrick/config.rb (WEBrick::Config::FileHandler):
 	  default value of :NondisclosureName is [".ht*", "*~"].
 
+Wed Dec 15 16:10:23 2004  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
+
+	* object.c (rb_obj_id_obsolete): warn always.
+
 Wed Dec 15 15:31:02 2004  Yukihiro Matsumoto  <matz@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/set.rb (Set#==): [ruby-dev:25206]
diff --git a/ext/syck/rubyext.c b/ext/syck/rubyext.c
index c54deea618..cd813132c2 100644
--- a/ext/syck/rubyext.c
+++ b/ext/syck/rubyext.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ rb_syck_io_str_read( char *buf, SyckIoStr *str, long max_size, long skip )
         VALUE str2 = rb_funcall2(src, s_read, 1, &n);
         if (!NIL_P(str2))
         {
+            StringValue(str2);
             len = RSTRING(str2)->len;
             memcpy( buf + skip, RSTRING(str2)->ptr, len );
         }
@@ -821,9 +822,11 @@ syck_parser_bufsize_set( self, size )
 {
 	SyckParser *parser;
 
-	Data_Get_Struct(self, SyckParser, parser);
     if ( rb_respond_to( size, s_to_i ) ) {
-        parser->bufsize = NUM2INT(rb_funcall(size, s_to_i, 0));
+        int size = NUM2INT(rb_funcall(size, s_to_i, 0));
+
+	Data_Get_Struct(self, SyckParser, parser);
+        parser->bufsize = size;
     }
 	return self;
 }
@@ -856,10 +859,10 @@ syck_parser_load(argc, argv, self)
     volatile VALUE hash;	/* protect from GC */
 
     rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &port, &proc);
-	Data_Get_Struct(self, SyckParser, parser);
 
     input = rb_hash_aref( rb_attr_get( self, s_options ), sym_input );
     model = rb_hash_aref( rb_attr_get( self, s_options ), sym_model );
+	Data_Get_Struct(self, SyckParser, parser);
 	syck_set_model( parser, input, model );
 
 	bonus.taint = syck_parser_assign_io(parser, port);
@@ -887,10 +890,10 @@ syck_parser_load_documents(argc, argv, self)
     volatile VALUE hash;
 
     rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "1&", &port, &proc);
-	Data_Get_Struct(self, SyckParser, parser);
 
     input = rb_hash_aref( rb_attr_get( self, s_options ), sym_input );
     model = rb_hash_aref( rb_attr_get( self, s_options ), sym_model );
+	Data_Get_Struct(self, SyckParser, parser);
 	syck_set_model( parser, input, model );
     
 	bonus.taint = syck_parser_assign_io(parser, port);
@@ -1374,8 +1377,8 @@ syck_emitter_write_m( self, str )
 {
     SyckEmitter *emitter;
 
-	Data_Get_Struct(self, SyckEmitter, emitter);
     StringValue(str);
+	Data_Get_Struct(self, SyckEmitter, emitter);
     syck_emitter_write( emitter, RSTRING(str)->ptr, RSTRING(str)->len );
     return self;
 }
@@ -1389,8 +1392,8 @@ syck_emitter_simple_write( self, str )
 {
     SyckEmitter *emitter;
 
-	Data_Get_Struct(self, SyckEmitter, emitter);
     StringValue(str);
+	Data_Get_Struct(self, SyckEmitter, emitter);
     syck_emitter_simple( emitter, RSTRING(str)->ptr, RSTRING(str)->len );
     return self;
 }
diff --git a/lib/open3.rb b/lib/open3.rb
index 407cd7662c..1ddd213f61 100644
--- a/lib/open3.rb
+++ b/lib/open3.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 #  or
 #	include Open3
 #      stdin, stdout, stderr = popen3('nroff -man')
+#
+#  popen3 can also take a block which will receive stdin, stdout and stderr
+#  as parameters.  This ensures stdin, stdout and stderr are closed once
+#  the block exits.
+#
+#  Such as
+#      Open3.popen3('nroff -man') { |stdin, stdout, stderr| ... }
 
 module Open3
   #[stdin, stdout, stderr] = popen3(command);
diff --git a/object.c b/object.c
index 3d77c36a1b..308e1dc8d7 100644
--- a/object.c
+++ b/object.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ VALUE
 rb_obj_id_obsolete(obj)
     VALUE obj;
 {
-    rb_warning("Object#id will be deprecated; use Object#object_id");
+    rb_warn("Object#id will be deprecated; use Object#object_id");
     return rb_obj_id(obj);
 }