Fast_xs 0.7.1 Released

Ruby
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fast_xs version 0.7.1 has been released!

fast_xs provides C extensions for escaping text.

The original String#fast_xs method is based on the xchar code by Sam
Ruby:

_why also packages an older version with Hpricot (patches submitted).
The version here should be compatible with the latest version of Hpricot
code.

Ruby on Rails will automatically use String#fast_xs from either Hpricot
or this gem version with the bundled Builder package.

String#fast_xs is an almost exact translation of Sam Ruby’s original
implementation (String#to_xs), but it does escape “"” (which is an
optional, but all parsers are able ot handle it. XML::Builder as
packaged in Rails 2.0 will be automatically use String#fast_xs instead
of String#to_xs available.

Changes:

0.7.1 / 2009-07-30

  • 2 bug fixes:

    • extra: CGI::escape handles high bits correctly
      • thanks to Jesse Storimer for helping me find this
    • fix build on systems with poor symbol visibility
      • thanks to Jeff Solomon for helping me with this

  • cleaned up build/packaging/documentation

Browse gitweb for full history:
http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/git?p=fast-xs.git

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fast_xs version 0.7.3 has been released!

fast_xs provides C extensions for escaping text.

The original String#fast_xs method is based on the xchar code by Sam
Ruby:

_why also packages an older version with Hpricot (patches submitted).
The version here should be compatible with the latest version of Hpricot
code.

Ruby on Rails will automatically use String#fast_xs from either Hpricot
or this gem version with the bundled Builder package.

String#fast_xs is an almost exact translation of Sam Ruby’s original
implementation (String#to_xs), but it does escape “"” (which is an
optional, but all parsers are able ot handle it. XML::Builder as
packaged in Rails 2.0 will be automatically use String#fast_xs instead
of String#to_xs available.

Changes:

0.7.3 / 2009-07-31

  • 1 bug fix:

    • extra: fix Mongrel::HttpRequest monkey patch
      • thanks (again) to Jesse Storimer for noticing and reporting

Browse gitweb for full history:
http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/git?p=fast-xs.git

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fast_xs version 0.7.2 has been released!

fast_xs provides C extensions for escaping text.

The original String#fast_xs method is based on the xchar code by Sam
Ruby:

_why also packages an older version with Hpricot (patches submitted).
The version here should be compatible with the latest version of Hpricot
code.

Ruby on Rails will automatically use String#fast_xs from either Hpricot
or this gem version with the bundled Builder package.

String#fast_xs is an almost exact translation of Sam Ruby’s original
implementation (String#to_xs), but it does escape “"” (which is an
optional, but all parsers are able ot handle it. XML::Builder as
packaged in Rails 2.0 will be automatically use String#fast_xs instead
of String#to_xs available.

Changes:

0.7.2 / 2009-07-31

  • 1 bug fix:

    • build gem extension correctly on install
      • thanks to Jesse Storimer for noticing and reporting

  • 1 packaging fix:

    • rake-compiler is only needed for cross compiles

Browse gitweb for full history:
http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/git?p=fast-xs.git