1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb b/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
index 44b7f1639c..612245fb73 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
@@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ module REXML
 
       # Returns the next event.  This is a +PullEvent+ object.
       def pull
-        _pull_inner.tap do |event|
+        pull_event.tap do |event|
           @listeners.each do |listener|
             listener.receive event
           end
         end
       end
 
-      def _pull_inner
+      def pull_event
         if @closed
           x, @closed = @closed, nil
           return [ :end_element, x ]
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ module REXML
         end
         return [ :dummy ]
       end
+      private :pull_event
 
       def entity( reference, entities )
         value = nil