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+Thu Mar 29 08:25:35 2012 Martin Bosslet <Martin.Bosslet@googlemail.com>
+
+ * NEWS: add note about unified behavior of encoding nil values in
+ instances of OpenSSL::ASN1::ASN1Data.
+
Thu Mar 29 07:45:36 2012 Martin Bosslet <Martin.Bosslet@googlemail.com>
* ext/openssl/ossl_asn1.c: raise TypeError when trying to encode nil
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* zlib
* Added support for the new deflate strategies Zlib::RLE and Zlib::FIXED.
+* openssl
+ * Consistently raise an error when trying to encode nil values. All instances
+ of OpenSSL::ASN1::Primitive now raise TypeError when calling to_der on an
+ instance whose value is nil. All instances of OpenSSL::ASN1::Constructive
+ raise NoMethodError in the same case. Constructing such values is still
+ permitted.
+
=== Language changes
=== Compatibility issues (excluding feature bug fixes)