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diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb
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+class String
+  def html_safe?
+    defined?(@_rails_html_safe) && @_rails_html_safe
+  end
+
+  def html_safe!
+    @_rails_html_safe = true
+    self
+  end
+  
+  def html_safe
+    dup.html_safe!
+  end
+  
+  alias original_plus +
+  def +(other)
+    result = original_plus(other)
+    if html_safe? && also_html_safe?(other)
+      result.html_safe!
+    else
+      result
+    end
+  end
+  
+  alias original_concat <<
+  def <<(other)
+    result = original_concat(other)
+    unless html_safe? && also_html_safe?(other)
+      @_rails_html_safe = false
+    end
+    result
+  end
+  
+  def concat(other)
+    self << other
+  end
+  
+  private
+    def also_html_safe?(other)
+      other.respond_to?(:html_safe?) && other.html_safe?
+    end
+  
+end
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