2 files changed, 23 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb
index c6d861d124..4089b02d45 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety.rb
@@ -98,29 +98,41 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
       end
     end
 
-    def[](*args)
-      new_safe_buffer = super
-      new_safe_buffer.instance_eval { @dirty = false }
-      new_safe_buffer
+    def [](*args)
+      return super if args.size < 2
+
+      if html_safe?
+        new_safe_buffer = super
+        new_safe_buffer.instance_eval { @html_safe = true }
+        new_safe_buffer
+      else
+        to_str[*args]
+      end
     end
 
     def safe_concat(value)
-      raise SafeConcatError if dirty?
+      raise SafeConcatError unless html_safe?
       original_concat(value)
     end
 
     def initialize(*)
-      @dirty = false
+      @html_safe = true
       super
     end
 
     def initialize_copy(other)
       super
-      @dirty = other.dirty?
+      @html_safe = other.html_safe?
+    end
+
+    def clone_empty
+      new_safe_buffer = self[0, 0]
+      new_safe_buffer.instance_variable_set(:@dirty, @dirty)
+      new_safe_buffer
     end
 
     def concat(value)
-      if dirty? || value.html_safe?
+      if !html_safe? || value.html_safe?
         super(value)
       else
         super(ERB::Util.h(value))
@@ -133,7 +145,7 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
     end
 
     def html_safe?
-      !dirty?
+      defined?(@html_safe) && @html_safe
     end
 
     def to_s
@@ -161,18 +173,12 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
           end                                       # end
 
           def #{unsafe_method}!(*args)              # def capitalize!(*args)
-            @dirty = true                           #   @dirty = true
+            @html_safe = false                      #   @html_safe = false
             super                                   #   super
           end                                       # end
         EOT
       end
     end
-
-    protected
-
-    def dirty?
-      @dirty
-    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/version.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/version.rb
index ef2c69e695..597099eef3 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/version.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/version.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
   module VERSION #:nodoc:
     MAJOR = 3
     MINOR = 2
-    TINY  = 1
+    TINY  = 2
     PRE   = nil
 
     STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')