• 修復了 20 個 issues

• 支持 non-ASCII Symbols 

• 修復原生 crypt() 方面的回退問題

• 更新 stdlib 來匹配 MRI (C Ruby) 分支 level 551

相關鏈接：

• Homepage: http://www.jruby.org/

• Download: http://www.jruby.org/download

Github Issues resolved for 1.7.18

• #2342 - Java::JavaLang::NullPointerException:      org.jruby.RubyString.crypt(RubyString.java:2660)

• #2331 - File.realpath treats absolute "classpath:/" paths as relative paths

• #2327 - added String#b method

• #2316 - I/O calls do not invalidate `String#ascii_only?` cache

• #2310 - ArgumentError: "+HH:MM" or "-HH:MM" expected for utc_offset

• #2307 - ConstantCompilationTest.testContainerCompilation regression

• #2304 - Unable to use JRuby with google app engine due to use of sun.misc.Unsafe

• #2302 - Update JRuby 1.7.x to latest PL and default gems

• #2301 - unable to get value of object's fields in RubyMine debugger

• #2298 - Open3.capture3 still broken in JRuby 1.7.17

• #2297 - File.executable? raises an exception if the `file_path` is non-existent and native disabled

• #2296 - NullPointerException with JRuby 1.7.17 running rspec & simplecov in debug mode

• #2295 - Regexp.union [] gives wrong result in ruby 1.8 mode

• #2294 - String#crypt fails on Windows

• #2291 - Dir[] fails if path does not exist instead of returning nil

• #2259 - File.basename can return a string with a different encoding than the input

• #2172 - Symbols need to support UTF-8 names

• #2048 - Stat of an empty resource does not generate proper Exception.

• #1941 - Symlinks in load path should remain unexpanded in LOADED_FEATURES

• #1237 - jffi*.tmp files remain in %TMP% folder

JRuby是面向Ruby、基于Java虛擬機(JVM)的一種解釋程序，它結合了Ruby語言的簡易性和功能強大的JVM的執行機制，包括與Java庫 全面集成。Rails徹底加快及簡化了Web應用的開發，不過它讓人覺得不夠成熟，特別是在高端企業級功能方面。另一方面，Java平臺及其虛擬機、庫和 應用服務器的速度、穩定性和功能方面卻一直在提升，現在已被公認為是開發高端服務器應用的領先平臺。不過如果Java平臺不與Ruby等新興語言聯系在一 起，就有可能落后于流行趨勢。

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