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Weird return type of XPath.match and XPath.first #353

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@tompng

XPath.match always returns an array, even if the evaluated value is not a nodeset.

REXML::XPath.match(REXML::Document.new, '1 + 2') #=> [3]
Nokogiri::XML.parse('<root/>').xpath('1+2') #=> 3

XPath.first returns non-nodeset value. first of non-nodeset value doesn't make sense.
ref: #342 (comment)

REXML::XPath.first(REXML::Document.new, '1 + 2') #=> 3

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