REXML 3.4.2 - 2025-08-26

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Improvement

• Improved performance.

  • Improve CDATA parse performance #244
  • Improve comment parse performance #245
  • Improve CDATA and comment parse performance #246
  • Improve using // in XPath performance #249
  • Improve Text.check performance #256
  • Patch by NAITOH Jun

• Raise appropriate exception when failing to match start tag in DOCTYPE

  • Raise appropriate exception when failing to match start tag in DOCTYPE #247
  • Patch by NAITOH Jun

• Deprecate accepting array as an element in XPath.match, first and each

  • Deprecate accepting array as an element in XPath.match, first and each #252
  • Patch by tomoya ishida

• Don't call needless encoding_updated

  • Don't call needless encoding_updated #259
  • Patch by Sutou Kouhei

• Reuse XPath::match

  • ♻️ Reuse XPath::match #263
  • Patch by pboling

• Cache redundant calls for doctype

  • ♻️ Cache redundant calls for doctype #264
  • Patch by pboling

• Use Safe Navigation (&.) from Ruby 2.3

  • ♻️ Use Safe Navigation (&.) from Ruby 2.3 #265
  • Patch by pboling

• Remove redundant return statements

  • ♻️ Remove redundant return statements #266
  • Patch by pboling

• Added XML declaration check & Source#skip_spaces method

  • Added XML declaration check & Source#skip_spaces method #282
  • Patch by NAITOH Jun
  • Reported by Sofi Aberegg

Fixes

• Fix docs typo

  • Fix docs typo #248
  • Patch by James Coleman

• Fix reverse sort in xpath_parser

  • Fix reverse sort in xpath_parser #251
  • Patch by tomoya ishida

• Fix duplicate responses in XPath following, following-sibling, preceding, preceding-sibling

  • Fix duplicate responses in XPath following, following-sibling, preceding, preceding-sibling #255
  • Patch by NAITOH Jun

• Fix wrong Encoding resolution

  • Fix wrong Encoding resolution #258
  • Patch by Sutou Kouhei

• Handle nil when parsing fragment

  • XPathParser#parse should work when node.document is nil #267
  • 🐛 Handle nil when parsing fragment #268
  • Patch by pboling

• [Documentation] Use # to reference instance methods

  • Instance method deprecations claim they are for class methods #269
  • 🐛 [Documentation] Use # to reference instance methods #270
  • Patch by pboling

• Fix & Deprecate REXML::Text#text_indent

  • REXML::Text#indent_text broken since v3.2.6 #273
  • Fix & Deprecate REXML::Text#text_indent #275
  • Patch by pboling

• remove bundler from dev deps

  • bundler should not be a dependency of the gem #276
  • ➖ remove bundler from dev deps #277
  • Patch by pboling

• remove ostruct from dev deps

  • ostruct should not be a dependency #280
  • ➖ remove ostruct from dev deps #281
  • Patch by pboling

Thanks

• NAITOH Jun

• tomoya ishida

• James Coleman

• pboling

• Sutou Kouhei

• Sofi Aberegg

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This discussion was created from the release REXML 3.4.2 - 2025-08-26.