# Fast\_xs 0.7.1 Released **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 31, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fast-xs-0-7-1-released/173004 "2009-07-31T05:03:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ericw)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fast-xs-0-7-1-released/173004/1 "2009-07-31T05:03:28Z")
fast\_xs version 0.7.1 has been released! - [http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/](http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/) fast\_xs provides C extensions for escaping text. The original String#fast\_xs method is based on the xchar code by Sam Ruby: - [http://intertwingly.net/stories/2005/09/28/xchar.rb](http://intertwingly.net/stories/2005/09/28/xchar.rb) - [XML Cleansing](http://intertwingly.net/blog/2005/09/28/XML-Cleansing) \_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: - cleaned up build/packaging/documentation Browse gitweb for full history: [http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/git?p=fast-xs.git](http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/git?p=fast-xs.git) ---
**Author:** ![ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ericw)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fast-xs-0-7-1-released/173004/2 "2009-07-31T23:17:26Z")
fast\_xs version 0.7.3 has been released! - [http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/](http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/) fast\_xs provides C extensions for escaping text. The original String#fast\_xs method is based on the xchar code by Sam Ruby: - [http://intertwingly.net/stories/2005/09/28/xchar.rb](http://intertwingly.net/stories/2005/09/28/xchar.rb) - [XML Cleansing](http://intertwingly.net/blog/2005/09/28/XML-Cleansing) \_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: Browse gitweb for full history: [http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/git?p=fast-xs.git](http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/git?p=fast-xs.git) ---
**Author:** ![ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/97f17d/32.png) [@ericw](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ericw)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fast-xs-0-7-1-released/173004/3 "2009-07-31T21:12:11Z")
fast\_xs version 0.7.2 has been released! - [http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/](http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/) fast\_xs provides C extensions for escaping text. The original String#fast\_xs method is based on the xchar code by Sam Ruby: - [http://intertwingly.net/stories/2005/09/28/xchar.rb](http://intertwingly.net/stories/2005/09/28/xchar.rb) - [XML Cleansing](http://intertwingly.net/blog/2005/09/28/XML-Cleansing) \_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: - 1 packaging fix: Browse gitweb for full history: [http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/git?p=fast-xs.git](http://fast-xs.rubyforge.org/git?p=fast-xs.git)