New Features¶ ↑

An optimized_string_matchers plugin has been added, which contains optimized matchers for single strings. r.on_branch is an optimized version of r.on and r.is_exactly is optimized version of r.is:
```
plugin :optimized_string_matchers

route do |r|
  r.on_branch "x" do
    # matches /x and paths starting with /x/
    r.is_exactly "y" do
      # matches /x/y
    end
  end
end
```
Both of these methods will work even if the strings have placeholders, but no captures will be yielded to the blocks.
The error_handler plugin now has access to the request’s remaining_path when handling an error. You can then compare the remaining_path to path_info to see how much of request was already routed, which can be useful when reporting errors.

Other Improvements¶ ↑

String matching for strings without placeholders is now 60% faster as it uses optimized string operations instead of a regexp match.
Symbol matching is now 60% faster as it uses optimized string operations instead of a regexp match.

The match methods no longer automatically reset the remaining_path via ensure. This means that using non-local jumps out of the code such as begin/rescue and throw/catch will not reset remaining_path automatically. Users that want to reset remaining path in such cases should use their own ensure blocks.