New Features¶ ↑

• A request_aref plugin has been added for configuring the behavior of the [] and []= request methods. These methods are deprecated in the current version of Rack, but Rack will only print a deprecation warning in verbose mode. With this plugin, you can choose to never warn, always warn, or raise an exception:

  # Don't emit a warning, allowing for the historical Rack
  # behavior
  plugin :request_aref, :allow
  
  # Always emit a warning when the method is called
  plugin :request_aref, :warn
  
  # Raise an exception if the method is called
  plugin :request_aref, :raise
  

Other Improvements¶ ↑

• When using the content_for plugin and calling content_for with a block, convert the result of the block to a string before passing the result to Tilt. This can fix issues when the template class that Tilt uses does not handle non-String input.

• When using the public plugin with the :gzip option, do not add the Content-Type or Content-Encoding headers if a 304 response is returned.

• Add the spec/views/about directory to the gem, allowing the specs to run correctly using just the files in the gem.