Resolve literals faster.

lib/liquid/context.rb

@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     private
+      LITERALS = {
+        nil => nil, 'nil' => nil, 'null' => nil, '' => nil,
+        'true'  => true,
+        'false' => false,
+        'blank' => :blank?,
+        'empty' => :empty?
+      }
+
       # Look up variable, either resolve directly after considering the name. We can directly handle
       # Strings, digits, floats and booleans (true,false).
       # If no match is made we lookup the variable in the current scope and
@@ -120,29 +128,23 @@ module Liquid
       # Example:
       #   products == empty #=> products.empty?
       def resolve(key)
-        case key
+        if LITERALS.key?(key)
-        when nil, 'nil', 'null', ''
+          LITERALS[key]
-          nil
-        when 'true'
-          true
-        when 'false'
-          false
-        when 'blank'
-          :blank?
-        when 'empty'
-          :empty?
-        when /^'(.*)'$/ # Single quoted strings
-          $1.to_s
-        when /^"(.*)"$/ # Double quoted strings
-          $1.to_s
-        when /^(\d+)$/ # Integer and floats
-          $1.to_i
-        when /^\((\S+)\.\.(\S+)\)$/ # Ranges
-          (resolve($1).to_i..resolve($2).to_i)
-        when /^(\d[\d\.]+)$/ # Floats
-          $1.to_f
         else
-          variable(key)
+          case key
+          when /^'(.*)'$/ # Single quoted strings
+            $1.to_s
+          when /^"(.*)"$/ # Double quoted strings
+            $1.to_s
+          when /^(\d+)$/ # Integer and floats
+            $1.to_i
+          when /^\((\S+)\.\.(\S+)\)$/ # Ranges
+            (resolve($1).to_i..resolve($2).to_i)
+          when /^(\d[\d\.]+)$/ # Floats
+            $1.to_f
+          else
+            variable(key)
+          end
         end
       end