Index: ext/dl/handle.c
===================================================================
--- ext/dl/handle.c	(revision 22884)
+++ ext/dl/handle.c	(working copy)
@@ -130,39 +130,43 @@ rb_dlhandle_to_i(VALUE self)
 }
 
+static VALUE dlhandle_sym(void *handle, const char *symbol);
+
 VALUE
 rb_dlhandle_sym(VALUE self, VALUE sym)
 {
-    void (*func)();
     struct dl_handle *dlhandle;
-    void *handle;
-    const char *name;
-#if defined(HAVE_DLERROR)
-    const char *err;
-# define CHECK_DLERROR if( err = dlerror() ){ func = 0; }
-#else
-# define CHECK_DLERROR
-#endif
 
     rb_secure(2);
+    Data_Get_Struct(self, struct dl_handle, dlhandle);
+    if( ! dlhandle->open ){
+	rb_raise(rb_eDLError, "closed handle");
+    }
+    return dlhandle_sym(dlhandle->ptr, StringValuePtr(sym));
+}
 
-    if( sym == Qnil ){
-#if defined(RTLD_NEXT)
-	name = RTLD_NEXT;
+VALUE
+rb_dlhandle_s_sym(VALUE self, VALUE sym)
+{
+#ifdef RTLD_NEXT
+    void *handle = RTLD_NEXT;
 #else
-	name = NULL;
+    void *handle = NULL;
 #endif
-    }
-    else{
-	name = StringValuePtr(sym);
-    }
 
+    rb_secure(2);
+    return dlhandle_sym(handle, StringValuePtr(sym));
+}
 
-    Data_Get_Struct(self, struct dl_handle, dlhandle);
-    if( ! dlhandle->open ){
-	rb_raise(rb_eDLError, "closed handle");
-    }
-    handle = dlhandle->ptr;
+static VALUE
+dlhandle_sym(void *handle, const char *name)
+{
+#if defined(HAVE_DLERROR)
+    const char *err;
+# define CHECK_DLERROR if( err = dlerror() ){ func = 0; }
+#else
+# define CHECK_DLERROR
+#endif
+    void (*func)() = dlsym(handle, name);
 
-    func = dlsym(handle, name);
     CHECK_DLERROR;
 #if defined(FUNC_STDCALL)
@@ -219,4 +223,6 @@ Init_dlhandle(void)
     rb_cDLHandle = rb_define_class_under(rb_mDL, "Handle", rb_cObject);
     rb_define_alloc_func(rb_cDLHandle, rb_dlhandle_s_allocate);
+    rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cDLHandle, "sym", rb_dlhandle_s_sym, 1);
+    rb_define_singleton_method(rb_cDLHandle, "[]", rb_dlhandle_s_sym,  1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cDLHandle, "initialize", rb_dlhandle_initialize, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cDLHandle, "to_i", rb_dlhandle_to_i, 0);