```ruby
require 'active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety'

module ActionView
  class OutputBuffer < ActiveSupport::SafeBuffer #:nodoc:
    def initialize(*)
      super
      encode!
    end

    def <<(value)
      return self if value.nil?
      super(value.to_s)
    end
    alias :append= :<<

    def safe_concat(value)
      return self if value.nil?
      super(value.to_s)
    end
    alias :safe_append= :safe_concat
  end

  class StreamingBuffer #:nodoc:
    def initialize(block)
      @block = block
    end

    def <<(value)
      value = value.to_s
      value = ERB::Util.h(value) unless value.html_safe?
      @block.call(value)
    end
    alias :concat  :<<
    alias :append= :<<

    def safe_concat(value)
      @block.call(value.to_s)
    end
    alias :safe_append= :safe_concat

    def html_safe?
      true
    end

    def html_safe
      self
    end
  end
end
```

Stop nil checking on safe_append=
user
```ruby
require 'active_support/core_ext/string/output_safety'

module ActionView
  class OutputBuffer < ActiveSupport::SafeBuffer #:nodoc:
    def initialize(*)
      super
      encode!
    end

    def <<(value)
      return self if value.nil?
      super(value.to_s)
    end
    alias :append= :<<

    alias :safe_append= :safe_concat
  end

  class StreamingBuffer #:nodoc:
    def initialize(block)
      @block = block
    end

    def <<(value)
      value = value.to_s
      value = ERB::Util.h(value) unless value.html_safe?
      @block.call(value)
    end
    alias :concat  :<<
    alias :append= :<<

    def safe_concat(value)
      @block.call(value.to_s)
    end
    alias :safe_append= :safe_concat

    def html_safe?
      true
    end

    def html_safe
      self
    end
  end
end
```
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