Improves performance on hot parse and render paths

Splits the render loop in block_body.rb on the loop-invariant check_write
condition. The common case (no resource limits) now pays zero branch cost
per node.

Rewrites truncatewords in standardfilters.rb to scan word positions into a
flat int array and builds the result string only when truncation is confirmed.
No string allocation in the common no-truncation case beyond the array itself.

Simplifies rest_blank? in cursor.rb: replaces manual save/skip/restore of
StringScanner position with [email protected]?(/\S/). exist? does not advance
position; returns nil when no non-whitespace remains; handles EOS correctly.

Removes the nl newline counter from skip_ws in cursor.rb -- all callers
discarded the return value. NL now handled in the same when-branch as the
other whitespace bytes.

.github/dependabot.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: weekly

.github/workflows/liquid.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: Liquid
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on: [push]
 
 env:
   BUNDLE_JOBS: 4
@@ -9,27 +9,65 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         entry:
-          - { ruby: 2.7, allowed-failure: false } # minimum supported
-          - { ruby: 3.2, allowed-failure: false } # latest
-          - { ruby: ruby-head, allowed-failure: true }
-    name: Test Ruby ${{ matrix.entry.ruby }}
+          - { ruby: 3.3, allowed-failure: false } # minimum supported
+          - { ruby: 3.4, allowed-failure: false, rubyopt: "--yjit" }
+          - { ruby: 4.0, allowed-failure: false } # latest stable
+          - {
+              ruby: 4.0,
+              allowed-failure: false,
+              rubyopt: "--enable-frozen-string-literal",
+            }
+          - { ruby: 4.0, allowed-failure: false, rubyopt: "--yjit" }
+          - { ruby: 4.0, allowed-failure: false, rubyopt: "--zjit" }
+          - { ruby: truffleruby, allowed-failure: false }
+
+          # Head can have failures due to being in development
+          - { ruby: head, allowed-failure: true }
+          - {
+              ruby: head,
+              allowed-failure: true,
+              rubyopt: "--enable-frozen-string-literal",
+            }
+          - { ruby: head, allowed-failure: true, rubyopt: "--yjit" }
+          - { ruby: head, allowed-failure: true, rubyopt: "--zjit" }
+    name: Test Ruby ${{ matrix.entry.ruby }} ${{ matrix.entry.rubyopt }} --${{ matrix.entry.allowed-failure && 'allowed-failure' || 'strict' }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
+      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@319994f95fa847cf3fb3cd3dbe89f6dcde9f178f # v1.295.0
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ matrix.entry.ruby }}
           bundler-cache: true
+          bundler: latest
       - run: bundle exec rake
         continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.entry.allowed-failure }}
+        env:
+          RUBYOPT: ${{ matrix.entry.rubyopt }}
+
+  spec:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      BUNDLE_WITH: spec
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
+      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@319994f95fa847cf3fb3cd3dbe89f6dcde9f178f # v1.295.0
+        with:
+          bundler-cache: true
+          bundler: latest
+      - name: Run liquid-spec for all adapters
+        run: |
+          for adapter in spec/*.rb; do
+            echo "=== Running $adapter ==="
+            bundle exec liquid-spec run "$adapter" --no-max-failures
+          done
 
   memory_profile:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # v3.6.0
+      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@319994f95fa847cf3fb3cd3dbe89f6dcde9f178f # v1.295.0
         with:
-          ruby-version: 2.7
           bundler-cache: true
       - run: bundle exec rake memory_profile:run

.gitignore

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 pkg
 *.rbc
 .rvmrc
-.ruby-version
-Gemfile.lock
 .bundle
 .byebug_history
+Gemfile.lock

.rubocop.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ Performance:
   Enabled: true
 
 AllCops:
-  TargetRubyVersion: 2.7
   NewCops: disable
   SuggestExtensions: false
   Exclude:

.rubocop_todo.yml

@@ -174,7 +174,16 @@ Style/WordArray:
 
 # Offense count: 117
 # This cop supports safe auto-correction (--auto-correct).
-# Configuration parameters: AllowHeredoc, AllowURI, URISchemes, IgnoreCopDirectives, AllowedPatterns, IgnoredPatterns.
+# Configuration parameters: AllowHeredoc, AllowURI, URISchemes, AllowCopDirectives, AllowedPatterns.
 # URISchemes: http, https
 Layout/LineLength:
   Max: 260
+
+Naming/PredicatePrefix:
+  Enabled: false
+
+# Offense count: 1
+# This is intentional - early return from begin/rescue in assignment context
+Lint/NoReturnInBeginEndBlocks:
+  Exclude:
+    - 'lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb'

.ruby-version

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.4.1

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -26,3 +26,11 @@
 * If it makes sense, add tests for your code and/or run a performance benchmark
 * Make sure all tests pass (`bundle exec rake`)
 * Create a pull request
+
+## Releasing
+
+* Bump the version in `lib/liquid/version.rb`
+* Update the `History.md` file
+* Open a PR like [this one](https://github.com/Shopify/liquid/pull/1894) and merge it to `main`
+* Create a new release using the [GitHub UI](https://github.com/Shopify/liquid/releases/new)
+

Gemfile

@@ -7,22 +7,31 @@ end
 
 gemspec
 
+gem "base64"
+
 group :benchmark, :test do
   gem 'benchmark-ips'
   gem 'memory_profiler'
   gem 'terminal-table'
+  gem "lru_redux"
 
   install_if -> { RUBY_PLATFORM !~ /mingw|mswin|java/ && RUBY_ENGINE != 'truffleruby' } do
     gem 'stackprof'
   end
 end
 
-group :test do
-  gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.44.0'
-  gem 'rubocop-shopify', '~> 2.12.0', require: false
-  gem 'rubocop-performance', require: false
-
-  platform :mri, :truffleruby do
-    gem 'liquid-c', github: 'Shopify/liquid-c', ref: 'master'
-  end
+group :development do
+  gem "webrick"
+end
+
+group :test do
+  gem 'benchmark'
+  gem 'rubocop', '~> 1.82.0'
+  gem 'rubocop-shopify', '~> 2.18.0', require: false
+  gem 'rubocop-performance', require: false
+end
+
+group :spec do
+  gem 'liquid-spec', github: 'Shopify/liquid-spec', branch: 'main'
+  gem 'activesupport', require: false
 end

History.md

@@ -1,5 +1,91 @@
 # Liquid Change Log
 
+## 5.11.0
+* Revert the Inline Snippets tag (#2001), treat its inclusion in the latest Liquid release as a bug, and allow for feedback on RFC#1916 to better support Liquid developers [Guilherme Carreiro]
+* Rename the `:rigid` error mode to `:strict2` and display a warning when users attempt to use the `:rigid` mode [Guilherme Carreiro]
+
+## 5.10.0
+* Introduce support for Inline Snippets [Julia Boutin]
+
+## 5.9.0
+* Introduce `:rigid` error mode for stricter, safer parsing of all tags [CP Clermont, Guilherme Carreiro]
+
+## 5.8.7
+* Expose body content in the `Doc` tag [James Meng]
+
+## 5.8.1
+
+* Fix `{% doc %}` tag to be visitable [Guilherme Carreiro]
+
+## 5.8.0
+
+* Introduce the new `{% doc %}` tag [Guilherme Carreiro]
+
+## 5.7.3
+
+* Raise Liquid::SyntaxError when parsing invalidly encoded strings [Chris AtLee]
+
+## 5.7.2 2025-01-31
+
+* Fix array filters to not support nested properties [Guilherme Carreiro]
+
+## 5.7.1 2025-01-24
+
+* Fix the `find` and `find_index`filters to return `nil` when filtering empty arrays [Guilherme Carreiro]
+* Fix the `has` filter to return `false` when filtering empty arrays [Guilherme Carreiro]
+
+## 5.7.0 2025-01-16
+
+### Features
+
+* Add `find`, `find_index`, `has`, and `reject` filters to arrays [Guilherme Carreiro]
+* Compatibility with Ruby 3.4 [Ian Ker-Seymer]
+
+## 5.6.4 2025-01-14
+
+### Fixes
+* Add a default `string_scanner` to avoid errors with `Liquid::VariableLookup.parse("foo.bar")` [Ian Ker-Seymer]
+
+## 5.6.3 2025-01-13
+* Remove `lru_redux` dependency [Michael Go]
+
+## 5.6.2 2025-01-13
+
+### Fixes
+* Preserve the old behavior of requiring floats to start with a digit [Michael Go]
+
+## 5.6.1 2025-01-13
+
+### Performance improvements
+* Faster Expression parser / Tokenizer with StringScanner [Michael Go]
+
+## 5.6.0 2024-12-19
+
+### Architectural changes
+* Added new `Environment` class to manage configuration and state that was previously stored in `Template` [Ian Ker-Seymer]
+* Moved tag registration from `Template` to `Environment` [Ian Ker-Seymer]
+* Removed `StrainerFactory` in favor of `Environment`-based strainer creation [Ian Ker-Seymer]
+* Consolidated standard tags into a new `Tags` module with `STANDARD_TAGS` constant [Ian Ker-Seymer]
+
+### Performance improvements
+* Optimized `Lexer` with a new `Lexer2` implementation using jump tables for faster tokenization, requires Ruby 3.4 [Ian Ker-Seymer]
+* Improved variable rendering with specialized handling for different types [Michael Go]
+* Reduced array allocations by using frozen empty constants [Michael Go]
+
+### API changes
+* Deprecated several `Template` class methods in favor of `Environment` methods [Ian Ker-Seymer]
+* Added deprecation warnings system [Ian Ker-Seymer]
+* Changed how filters and tags are registered to use Environment [Ian Ker-Seymer]
+
+### Fixes
+* Fixed table row handling of break interrupts [Alex Coco]
+* Improved variable output handling for arrays [Ian Ker-Seymer]
+* Fix Tokenizer to handle null source value (#1873) [Bahar Pourazar]
+
+## 5.5.0 2024-03-21
+
+Please reference the GitHub release for more information.
+
 ## 5.4.0 2022-07-29
 
 ### Breaking Changes

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/Shopify/liquid.svg?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/Shopify/liquid)
+[![Build status](https://github.com/Shopify/liquid/actions/workflows/liquid.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Shopify/liquid/actions/workflows/liquid.yml)
 [![Inline docs](http://inch-ci.org/github/Shopify/liquid.svg?branch=master)](http://inch-ci.org/github/Shopify/liquid)
 
 # Liquid template engine
@@ -52,19 +52,61 @@ For standard use you can just pass it the content of a file and call render with
 @template.render('name' => 'tobi')                # => "hi tobi"
 ```
 
+### Concept of Environments
+
+In Liquid, a "Environment" is a scoped environment that encapsulates custom tags, filters, and other configurations. This allows you to define and isolate different sets of functionality for different contexts, avoiding global overrides that can lead to conflicts and unexpected behavior.
+
+By using environments, you can:
+
+1. **Encapsulate Logic**: Keep the logic for different parts of your application separate.
+2. **Avoid Conflicts**: Prevent custom tags and filters from clashing with each other.
+3. **Improve Maintainability**: Make it easier to manage and understand the scope of customizations.
+4. **Enhance Security**: Limit the availability of certain tags and filters to specific contexts.
+
+We encourage the use of Environments over globally overriding things because it promotes better software design principles such as modularity, encapsulation, and separation of concerns.
+
+Here's an example of how you can define and use Environments in Liquid:
+
+```ruby
+user_environment = Liquid::Environment.build do |environment|
+  environment.register_tag("renderobj", RenderObjTag)
+end
+
+Liquid::Template.parse(<<~LIQUID, environment: user_environment)
+  {% renderobj src: "path/to/model.obj" %}
+LIQUID
+```
+
+In this example, `RenderObjTag` is a custom tag that is only available within the `user_environment`.
+
+Similarly, you can define another environment for a different context, such as email templates:
+
+```ruby
+email_environment = Liquid::Environment.build do |environment|
+  environment.register_tag("unsubscribe_footer", UnsubscribeFooter)
+end
+
+Liquid::Template.parse(<<~LIQUID, environment: email_environment)
+  {% unsubscribe_footer %}
+LIQUID
+```
+
+By using Environments, you ensure that custom tags and filters are only available in the contexts where they are needed, making your Liquid templates more robust and easier to manage. For smaller projects, a global environment is available via `Liquid::Environment.default`.
+
 ### Error Modes
 
 Setting the error mode of Liquid lets you specify how strictly you want your templates to be interpreted.
 Normally the parser is very lax and will accept almost anything without error. Unfortunately this can make
 it very hard to debug and can lead to unexpected behaviour.
 
-Liquid also comes with a stricter parser that can be used when editing templates to give better error messages
+Liquid also comes with different parsers that can be used when editing templates to give better error messages
 when templates are invalid. You can enable this new parser like this:
 
 ```ruby
-Liquid::Template.error_mode = :strict # Raises a SyntaxError when invalid syntax is used
-Liquid::Template.error_mode = :warn # Adds strict errors to template.errors but continues as normal
-Liquid::Template.error_mode = :lax # The default mode, accepts almost anything.
+Liquid::Environment.default.error_mode = :strict2 # Raises a SyntaxError when invalid syntax is used in all tags
+Liquid::Environment.default.error_mode = :strict  # Raises a SyntaxError when invalid syntax is used in some tags
+Liquid::Environment.default.error_mode = :warn    # Adds strict errors to template.errors but continues as normal
+Liquid::Environment.default.error_mode = :lax     # The default mode, accepts almost anything.
 ```
 
 If you want to set the error mode only on specific templates you can pass `:error_mode` as an option to `parse`:

Rakefile

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ task :rubocop do
   end
 end
 
-desc('runs test suite with both strict and lax parsers')
+desc('runs test suite with lax, strict, and strict2 parsers')
 task :test do
   ENV['LIQUID_PARSER_MODE'] = 'lax'
   Rake::Task['base_test'].invoke
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ task :test do
   Rake::Task['base_test'].reenable
   Rake::Task['base_test'].invoke
 
-  if RUBY_ENGINE == 'ruby' || RUBY_ENGINE == 'truffleruby'
-    ENV['LIQUID_C'] = '1'
+  ENV['LIQUID_PARSER_MODE'] = 'strict2'
+  Rake::Task['base_test'].reenable
+  Rake::Task['base_test'].invoke
 
+  if RUBY_ENGINE == 'ruby' || RUBY_ENGINE == 'truffleruby'
     ENV['LIQUID_PARSER_MODE'] = 'lax'
     Rake::Task['integration_test'].reenable
     Rake::Task['integration_test'].invoke
@@ -52,6 +54,10 @@ task :test do
     ENV['LIQUID_PARSER_MODE'] = 'strict'
     Rake::Task['integration_test'].reenable
     Rake::Task['integration_test'].invoke
+
+    ENV['LIQUID_PARSER_MODE'] = 'strict2'
+    Rake::Task['integration_test'].reenable
+    Rake::Task['integration_test'].invoke
   end
 end
 
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ end
 
 namespace :benchmark do
   desc "Run the liquid benchmark with lax parsing"
-  task :run do
+  task :lax do
     ruby "./performance/benchmark.rb lax"
   end
 
@@ -81,6 +87,38 @@ namespace :benchmark do
   task :strict do
     ruby "./performance/benchmark.rb strict"
   end
+
+  desc "Run the liquid benchmark with strict2 parsing"
+  task :strict2 do
+    ruby "./performance/benchmark.rb strict2"
+  end
+
+  desc "Run the liquid benchmark with lax, strict, and strict2 parsing"
+  task run: [:lax, :strict, :strict2]
+
+  desc "Run unit benchmarks"
+  namespace :unit do
+    task :all do
+      Dir["./performance/unit/*_benchmark.rb"].each do |file|
+        puts "🧪 Running #{file}"
+        ruby file
+      end
+    end
+
+    task :lexer do
+      Dir["./performance/unit/lexer_benchmark.rb"].each do |file|
+        puts "🧪 Running #{file}"
+        ruby file
+      end
+    end
+
+    task :expression do
+      Dir["./performance/unit/expression_benchmark.rb"].each do |file|
+        puts "🧪 Running #{file}"
+        ruby file
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 namespace :profile do
@@ -110,3 +148,9 @@ end
 task :console do
   exec 'irb -I lib -r liquid'
 end
+
+desc('run liquid-spec suite across all adapters')
+task :spec do
+  adapters = Dir['./spec/*.rb'].join(',')
+  sh "bundle exec liquid-spec matrix --adapters=#{adapters} --reference=ruby_liquid"
+end

auto/autoresearch.ideas.md

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Autoresearch Ideas
+
+## Dead Ends (tried and failed)
+
+- **Tag name interning** (skip+byte dispatch): saves 878 allocs but verification loop overhead kills speed
+- **String dedup (-@)** for filter names: no alloc savings, creates temp strings anyway
+- **Split-based tokenizer**: 2.5x faster C-level split but can't handle {{ followed by %} nesting
+- **Streaming tokenizer**: needs own StringScanner (+alloc), per-shift overhead worse than eager array
+- **Merge simple_lookup? into initialize**: logic overhead offsets saved index call
+- **Cursor for filter scanning**: cursor.reset overhead worse than inline byte loops
+- **Direct strainer call**: YJIT already inlines context.invoke_single well
+- **TruthyCondition subclass**: YJIT polymorphism at evaluate call site hurts more than 115 saved allocs
+- **Index loop for filters**: YJIT optimizes each+destructure MUCH better than manual filter[0]/filter[1]
+
+## Key Insights
+
+- YJIT monomorphism > allocation reduction at this scale
+- C-level StringScanner.scan/skip > Ruby-level byte loops (already applied)
+- String#split is 2.5x faster than manual tokenization, but Liquid's grammar is too complex for regex
+- 74% of total CPU time is GC — alloc reduction is the highest-leverage optimization
+- But YJIT-deoptimization from polymorphism costs more than the GC savings
+
+## Remaining Ideas
+
+- **Tokenizer: use String#index + byteslice instead of StringScanner**: avoid the StringScanner overhead entirely for the simple case of finding {%/{{ delimiters
+- **Pre-freeze all Condition operator lambdas**: reduce alloc in Condition initialization
+- **Avoid `@blocks = []` in If with single-element optimization**: use `@block` ivar for single condition, only create array for elsif
+- **Reduce ForloopDrop allocation**: reuse ForloopDrop objects across iterations or use a lighter-weight object
+- **VariableLookup: single-segment optimization**: for "product.title" (1 lookup), use an ivar instead of 1-element Array
+

auto/autoresearch.md

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# Autoresearch: Liquid Parse+Render Performance
+
+## Objective
+Optimize the Shopify Liquid template engine's parse and render performance.
+The workload is the ThemeRunner benchmark which parses and renders real Shopify
+theme templates (dropify, ripen, tribble, vogue) with realistic data from
+`performance/shopify/database.rb`. We measure parse time, render time, and
+object allocations. The optimization target is combined parse+render time (µs).
+
+## How to Run
+Run `./auto/autoresearch.sh` — it runs unit tests, liquid-spec conformance,
+then the performance benchmark, outputting metrics in parseable format.
+
+## Metrics
+- **Primary (optimization target)**: `combined_µs` (µs, lower is better) — sum of parse + render time
+- **Secondary (tradeoff monitoring)**:
+  - `parse_µs` — time to parse all theme templates (Liquid::Template#parse)
+  - `render_µs` — time to render all pre-compiled templates
+  - `allocations` — total object allocations for one parse+render cycle
+  Parse dominates (~70-75% of combined). Allocations correlate with GC pressure.
+
+## Files in Scope
+- `lib/liquid/*.rb` — core Liquid library (parser, lexer, context, expression, etc.)
+- `lib/liquid/tags/*.rb` — tag implementations (for, if, assign, etc.)
+- `performance/bench_quick.rb` — benchmark script
+
+## Off Limits
+- `test/` — tests must continue to pass unchanged
+- `performance/tests/` — benchmark templates, do not modify
+- `performance/shopify/` — benchmark data/filters, do not modify
+
+## Constraints
+- All unit tests must pass (`bundle exec rake base_test`)
+- liquid-spec failures must not increase beyond 2 (pre-existing UTF-8 edge cases)
+- No new gem dependencies
+- Semantic correctness must be preserved — templates must render identical output
+- **Security**: Liquid runs untrusted user code. See Strategic Direction for details.
+
+## Strategic Direction
+The long-term goal is to converge toward a **single-pass, forward-only parsing
+architecture** using one shared StringScanner instance. The current system has
+multiple redundant passes: Tokenizer → BlockBody → Lexer → Parser → Expression
+→ VariableLookup, each re-scanning portions of the source. A unified scanner
+approach would:
+
+1. **One StringScanner** flows through the entire parse — no intermediate token
+   arrays, no re-lexing filter chains, no string reconstruction in Parser#expression.
+2. **Emit a lightweight IL or normalized AST** during the single forward pass,
+   decoupling strictness checking from the hot parse path. The LiquidIL project
+   (`~/src/tries/2026-01-05-liquid-il`) demonstrated this: a recursive-descent
+   parser emitting IL directly achieved significant speedups.
+3. **Minimal backtracking** — the scanner advances forward, byte-checking as it
+   goes. liquid-c (`~/src/tries/2026-01-16-Shopify-liquid-c`) showed that a
+   C-level cursor-based tokenizer eliminates most allocation overhead.
+
+Current fast-path optimizations (byte-level tag/variable/for/if parsing) are
+steps toward this goal. Each one replaces a regex+MatchData pattern with
+forward-only byte scanning. The remaining Lexer→Parser path for filter args
+is the next target for elimination.
+
+**Security note**: Liquid executes untrusted user templates. All parsing must
+use explicit byte-range checks. Never use eval, send on user input, dynamic
+method dispatch, const_get, or any pattern that lets template authors escape
+the sandbox.
+
+## Baseline
+- **Commit**: 4ea835a (original, before any optimizations)
+- **combined_µs**: 7,374
+- **parse_µs**: 5,928
+- **render_µs**: 1,446
+- **allocations**: 62,620
+
+## Progress Log
+- 3329b09: Replace FullToken regex with manual byte parsing → combined 7,262 (-1.5%)
+- 97e6893: Replace VariableParser regex with manual byte scanner → combined 6,945 (-5.8%), allocs 58,009
+- 2b78e4b: getbyte instead of string indexing in whitespace_handler/create_variable → allocs 51,477
+- d291e63: Lexer equal? for frozen arrays, \s+ whitespace skip → combined ~6,331
+- d79b9fa: Avoid strip alloc in Expression.parse, byteslice for strings → allocs 49,151
+- fa41224: Short-circuit parse_number with first-byte check → allocs 48,240
+- c1113ad: Fast-path String in render_obj_to_output → combined ~6,071
+- 25f9224: Fast-path simple variable parsing (skip Lexer/Parser) → combined ~5,860, allocs 45,202
+- 3939d74: Replace SIMPLE_VARIABLE regex with byte scanner → combined ~5,717, allocs 42,763
+- fe7a2f5: Fast-path simple if conditions → combined ~5,444, allocs 41,490
+- cfa0dfe: Replace For tag Syntax regex with manual byte parser → combined ~4,974, allocs 39,847
+- 8a92a4e: Unified fast-path Variable: parse name directly, only lex filter chain → combined ~5,060, allocs 40,520
+- 58d2514: parse_tag_token returns [tag_name, markup, newlines] → combined ~4,815, allocs 37,355
+- db43492: Hoist write score check out of render loop → render ~1,345
+- 17daac9: Extend fast-path to quoted string literal variables → all 1,197 variables fast-pathed
+- 9fd7cec: Split filter parsing: no-arg filters scanned directly, Lexer only for args → combined ~4,595, allocs 35,159
+- e5933fc: Avoid array alloc in parse_tag_token via class ivars → allocs 34,281
+- 2e207e6: Replace WhitespaceOrNothing regex with byte-level blank_string? → combined ~4,800
+- 526af22: invoke_single fast path for no-arg filter invocation → allocs 32,621
+- 76ae8f1: find_variable top-scope fast path → combined ~4,740
+- 4cda1a5: slice_collection: skip copy for full Array → allocs 32,004
+- 79840b1: Replace SIMPLE_CONDITION regex with manual byte parser → combined ~4,663, allocs 31,465
+- 69430e9: Replace INTEGER_REGEX/FLOAT_REGEX with byte-level parse_number → allocs 31,129
+- 405e3dc: Frozen EMPTY_ARRAY/EMPTY_HASH for Context @filters/@disabled_tags → allocs 31,009
+- b90d7f0: Avoid unnecessary array wrapping for Context environments → allocs 30,709
+- 3799d4c: Lazy seen={} hash in Utils.to_s/inspect → allocs 30,169
+- 0b07487: Fast-path VariableLookup: skip scan_variable for simple identifiers → allocs 29,711
+- 9de1527: Introduce Cursor class for centralized byte-level scanning
+- dd4a100: Remove dead parse_tag_token/SIMPLE_CONDITION (now in Cursor)
+- cdc3438: For tag: migrate lax_parse to Cursor with zero-alloc scanning → allocs 29,620
+
+## Current Best
+- **combined_µs**: ~3,400 (-54% from original 7,374 baseline)
+- **parse_µs**: ~2,300
+- **render_µs**: ~1,100
+- **allocations**: 24,882 (-60% from original 62,620 baseline)

auto/autoresearch.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Autoresearch benchmark runner for Liquid performance optimization
+# Runs: unit tests → performance benchmark (3 runs, takes best)
+# Outputs METRIC lines for the agent to parse
+# Exit code 0 = all good, non-zero = broken
+set -euo pipefail
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+# ── Step 1: Unit tests (fast gate) ──────────────────────────────────
+echo "=== Unit Tests ==="
+TEST_OUT=$(bundle exec rake base_test 2>&1)
+TEST_RESULT=$(echo "$TEST_OUT" | tail -1)
+if echo "$TEST_OUT" | grep -q 'failures\|errors' && ! echo "$TEST_RESULT" | grep -q '0 failures, 0 errors'; then
+  echo "$TEST_OUT" | grep -E 'Failure|Error|failures|errors' | head -20
+  echo "FATAL: unit tests failed"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "$TEST_RESULT"
+
+# ── Step 2: Performance benchmark (3 runs, take best) ──────────────
+echo ""
+echo "=== Performance Benchmark (3 runs) ==="
+BEST_COMBINED=999999
+BEST_PARSE=0
+BEST_RENDER=0
+BEST_ALLOC=0
+
+for i in 1 2 3; do
+  OUT=$(bundle exec ruby performance/bench_quick.rb 2>&1)
+  P=$(echo "$OUT" | grep '^parse_us=' | cut -d= -f2)
+  R=$(echo "$OUT" | grep '^render_us=' | cut -d= -f2)
+  C=$(echo "$OUT" | grep '^combined_us=' | cut -d= -f2)
+  A=$(echo "$OUT" | grep '^allocations=' | cut -d= -f2)
+  echo "  run $i: combined=${C}µs (parse=${P} render=${R}) allocs=${A}"
+  if [ "$C" -lt "$BEST_COMBINED" ]; then
+    BEST_COMBINED=$C
+    BEST_PARSE=$P
+    BEST_RENDER=$R
+    BEST_ALLOC=$A
+  fi
+done
+
+echo ""
+echo "METRIC combined_us=$BEST_COMBINED"
+echo "METRIC parse_us=$BEST_PARSE"
+echo "METRIC render_us=$BEST_RENDER"
+echo "METRIC allocations=$BEST_ALLOC"

auto/bench.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Auto-research benchmark script for Liquid
+# Runs: unit tests → liquid-spec → performance benchmark
+# Outputs machine-readable metrics on success
+# Exit code 0 = all good, non-zero = broken
+set -euo pipefail
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+# ── Step 1: Unit tests (fast gate) ──────────────────────────────────
+echo "=== Unit Tests ==="
+if ! bundle exec rake base_test 2>&1; then
+  echo "FATAL: unit tests failed"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# ── Step 2: liquid-spec (correctness gate) ──────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "=== Liquid Spec ==="
+SPEC_OUTPUT=$(bundle exec liquid-spec run spec/ruby_liquid.rb 2>&1 || true)
+echo "$SPEC_OUTPUT" | tail -3
+
+# Extract failure count from "Total: N passed, N failed, N errors" line
+# Allow known pre-existing failures (≤2)
+TOTAL_LINE=$(echo "$SPEC_OUTPUT" | grep "^Total:" || echo "Total: 0 passed, 0 failed, 0 errors")
+FAILURES=$(echo "$TOTAL_LINE" | sed -n 's/.*\([0-9][0-9]*\) failed.*/\1/p')
+ERRORS=$(echo "$TOTAL_LINE" | sed -n 's/.*\([0-9][0-9]*\) error.*/\1/p')
+FAILURES=${FAILURES:-0}
+ERRORS=${ERRORS:-0}
+TOTAL_BAD=$((FAILURES + ERRORS))
+
+if [ "$TOTAL_BAD" -gt 2 ]; then
+  echo "FATAL: liquid-spec has $FAILURES failures and $ERRORS errors (threshold: 2)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# ── Step 3: Performance benchmark ──────────────────────────────────
+echo ""
+echo "=== Performance Benchmark ==="
+bundle exec ruby performance/bench_quick.rb 2>&1

autoresearch.jsonl

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{"type":"config","name":"Liquid parse+render performance (tenderlove-inspired)","metricName":"combined_µs","metricUnit":"µs","bestDirection":"lower"}
+{"run":1,"commit":"c09e722","metric":3818,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2722,"render_µs":1096,"allocations":24881},"status":"keep","description":"Baseline: 3,818µs combined, 24,881 allocs","timestamp":1773348490227}
+{"run":2,"commit":"c09e722","metric":4063,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2901,"render_µs":1162,"allocations":24003},"status":"discard","description":"Tag name interning via skip+byte dispatch: saves 878 allocs but verification loop slower than scan","timestamp":1773348738557,"segment":0}
+{"run":3,"commit":"c09e722","metric":3881,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2720,"render_µs":1161,"allocations":24881},"status":"discard","description":"String dedup (-@) for filter names: no alloc savings, no speed benefit","timestamp":1773348781481,"segment":0}
+{"run":4,"commit":"c09e722","metric":3970,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2829,"render_µs":1141,"allocations":24881},"status":"discard","description":"Streaming tokenizer: needs own StringScanner (+1 alloc), per-shift overhead worse than saved array","timestamp":1773348883093,"segment":0}
+{"run":5,"commit":"c09e722","metric":0,"metrics":{"parse_µs":0,"render_µs":0,"allocations":0},"status":"crash","description":"REVERTED: split-based tokenizer — regex can't handle unclosed tags inside raw blocks","timestamp":1773349089230,"segment":0}
+{"run":6,"commit":"c09e722","metric":0,"metrics":{"parse_µs":0,"render_µs":0,"allocations":0},"status":"crash","description":"REVERTED: split regex tokenizer v2 — can't handle {{ followed by %} (variable-becomes-tag nesting)","timestamp":1773349248313,"segment":0}
+{"run":7,"commit":"c09e722","metric":3861,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2744,"render_µs":1117,"allocations":24881},"status":"discard","description":"Merge simple_lookup? dot position into initialize — logic overhead offsets saved index call","timestamp":1773349376707,"segment":0}
+{"run":8,"commit":"c09e722","metric":4048,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2929,"render_µs":1119,"allocations":24881},"status":"discard","description":"Use Cursor regex for filter name scanning — cursor.reset + method dispatch overhead worse than inline bytes","timestamp":1773349447172,"segment":0}
+{"run":9,"commit":"c09e722","metric":3872,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2744,"render_µs":1128,"allocations":24881},"status":"discard","description":"Direct strainer call in Variable#render — YJIT already inlines context.invoke_single well","timestamp":1773349497593,"segment":0}
+{"run":10,"commit":"c09e722","metric":3839,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2732,"render_µs":1107,"allocations":24879},"status":"discard","description":"Array#[] fast path for slice_collection with limit/offset — only 2 alloc savings, not meaningful","timestamp":1773349555348,"segment":0}
+{"run":11,"commit":"c09e722","metric":3889,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2770,"render_µs":1119,"allocations":24766},"status":"discard","description":"TruthyCondition for simple if checks: -115 allocs but YJIT polymorphism at evaluate call site hurts speed","timestamp":1773349649377,"segment":0}
+{"run":12,"commit":"c09e722","metric":4150,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2769,"render_µs":1381,"allocations":24881},"status":"discard","description":"Index loop for filters: YJIT optimizes each+destructure better than manual indexing","timestamp":1773349699285,"segment":0}
+{"run":13,"commit":"b7ae55f","metric":3556,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2388,"render_µs":1168,"allocations":24882},"status":"keep","description":"Replace StringScanner tokenizer with String#byteindex — 12% faster parse, no regex overhead for delimiter finding","timestamp":1773349875890,"segment":0}
+{"run":14,"commit":"e25f2f1","metric":3464,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2335,"render_µs":1129,"allocations":24882},"status":"keep","description":"Confirmation run: byteindex tokenizer consistently 3,400-3,600µs","timestamp":1773349889465,"segment":0}
+{"run":15,"commit":"b37fa98","metric":3490,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2331,"render_µs":1159,"allocations":24882},"status":"keep","description":"Clean up tokenizer: remove unused StringScanner setup and regex constants","timestamp":1773349928672,"segment":0}
+{"run":16,"commit":"b37fa98","metric":3638,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2460,"render_µs":1178,"allocations":24882},"status":"discard","description":"Single-char byteindex for %} search: Ruby loop overhead worse for nearby targets","timestamp":1773349985509,"segment":0}
+{"run":17,"commit":"b37fa98","metric":3553,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2431,"render_µs":1122,"allocations":25256},"status":"discard","description":"Regex simple_variable_markup: MatchData creates 374 extra allocs, offsetting speed gain","timestamp":1773350066627,"segment":0}
+{"run":18,"commit":"b37fa98","metric":3629,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2455,"render_µs":1174,"allocations":25002},"status":"discard","description":"String.new(capacity: 4096) for output buffer: allocates more objects, not fewer","timestamp":1773350101852,"segment":0}
+{"run":19,"commit":"f6baeae","metric":3350,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2212,"render_µs":1138,"allocations":24882},"status":"keep","description":"parse_tag_token without StringScanner: pure byte ops avoid reset(token) overhead, -12% combined","timestamp":1773350230252,"segment":0}
+{"run":20,"commit":"f6baead","metric":0,"metrics":{"parse_µs":0,"render_µs":0,"allocations":0},"status":"crash","description":"REVERTED: regex ultra-fast path for Variable — name pattern too broad, matches invalid trailing dots","timestamp":1773350472859,"segment":0}
+{"run":21,"commit":"ae9a2e2","metric":3314,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2203,"render_µs":1111,"allocations":24882},"status":"keep","description":"Clean confirmation run: 3,314µs (-55% from main), stable","timestamp":1773350544354,"segment":0}
+{"run":22,"commit":"ae9a2e2","metric":3497,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2336,"render_µs":1161,"allocations":24882},"status":"discard","description":"Regex fast path for no-filter variables: include? + match? overhead exceeds byte scan savings","timestamp":1773350641375,"segment":0}
+{"run":23,"commit":"ca327b0","metric":3445,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2284,"render_µs":1161,"allocations":24647},"status":"keep","description":"Condition#evaluate: skip loop block for simple conditions (no child_relation) — saves 235 allocs","timestamp":1773350691752,"segment":0}
+{"run":24,"commit":"99454a9","metric":3489,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2353,"render_µs":1136,"allocations":24647},"status":"keep","description":"Replace simple_lookup? byte scan with match? regex — 8x faster per call, cleaner code","timestamp":1773350837721,"segment":0}
+{"run":25,"commit":"99454a9","metric":3797,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2636,"render_µs":1161,"allocations":29627},"status":"discard","description":"Regex name extraction in try_fast_parse: MatchData creates 5K extra allocs, much worse","timestamp":1773351048938,"segment":0}
+{"run":26,"commit":"db348e0","metric":3459,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2318,"render_µs":1141,"allocations":24647},"status":"keep","description":"Inline to_liquid_value in If render — avoids one method dispatch per condition evaluation","timestamp":1773351080001,"segment":0}
+{"run":27,"commit":"b195d09","metric":3496,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2356,"render_µs":1140,"allocations":24530},"status":"keep","description":"Replace @blocks.each with while loop in If render — avoids block proc allocation per render","timestamp":1773351101134,"segment":0}
+{"run":28,"commit":"b195d09","metric":3648,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2457,"render_µs":1191,"allocations":24530},"status":"discard","description":"While loop in For render: YJIT optimizes each well for hot loops with many iterations","timestamp":1773351142275,"segment":0}
+{"run":29,"commit":"b195d09","metric":3966,"metrics":{"parse_µs":2641,"render_µs":1325,"allocations":24060},"status":"discard","description":"While loop for environment search: -470 allocs but YJIT deopt makes render 16% slower","timestamp":1773351193863,"segment":0}

bin/render

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'bundler/setup'
+require 'liquid'
+
+class VirtualFileSystem
+  def initialize
+    snippet_1 = <<~LIQUID
+      <h1>
+        {{- greating | default: 'Hello' }}, {{ name | default: 'world' -}}!
+      </h1>
+    LIQUID
+    snippet_2 = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- for i in (1..5) -%}
+        > {{ i }}
+      {%- endfor -%}
+    LIQUID
+
+    @templates = {
+      'snippet-1' => snippet_1,
+      'snippet-2' => snippet_2,
+    }
+  end
+
+  def read_template_file(key)
+    @templates[key] || raise(Liquid::FileSystemError, "No such template '#{key}'")
+  end
+end
+
+def source
+  File.read(ARGV[0])
+rescue StandardError
+  'Usage: bin/render example/server/templates/index.liquid'
+end
+
+def assigns
+  {
+    'date' => Time.now,
+  }
+end
+
+puts Liquid::Template
+  .parse(source, error_mode: :strict2)
+  .tap { |t| t.registers[:file_system] = VirtualFileSystem.new }
+  .render(assigns)

lib/liquid.rb

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
+require "strscan"
+
 module Liquid
   FilterSeparator             = /\|/
   ArgumentSeparator           = ','
@@ -44,13 +46,23 @@ module Liquid
   VariableParser              = /\[(?>[^\[\]]+|\g<0>)*\]|#{VariableSegment}+\??/o
 
   RAISE_EXCEPTION_LAMBDA = ->(_e) { raise }
-
-  singleton_class.send(:attr_accessor, :cache_classes)
-  self.cache_classes = true
+  HAS_STRING_SCANNER_SCAN_BYTE = StringScanner.instance_methods.include?(:scan_byte)
 end
 
 require "liquid/version"
+require "liquid/deprecations"
+require "liquid/const"
+require 'liquid/byte_tables'
+require 'liquid/cursor'
+require 'liquid/standardfilters'
+require 'liquid/file_system'
+require 'liquid/parser_switching'
+require 'liquid/tag'
+require 'liquid/block'
 require 'liquid/parse_tree_visitor'
+require 'liquid/interrupts'
+require 'liquid/tags'
+require "liquid/environment"
 require 'liquid/lexer'
 require 'liquid/parser'
 require 'liquid/i18n'
@@ -61,23 +73,16 @@ require 'liquid/extensions'
 require 'liquid/errors'
 require 'liquid/interrupts'
 require 'liquid/strainer_template'
-require 'liquid/strainer_factory'
-require 'liquid/expression'
 require 'liquid/context'
-require 'liquid/parser_switching'
 require 'liquid/tag'
-require 'liquid/tag/disabler'
-require 'liquid/tag/disableable'
-require 'liquid/block'
 require 'liquid/block_body'
 require 'liquid/document'
 require 'liquid/variable'
 require 'liquid/variable_lookup'
 require 'liquid/range_lookup'
-require 'liquid/file_system'
 require 'liquid/resource_limits'
+require 'liquid/expression'
 require 'liquid/template'
-require 'liquid/standardfilters'
 require 'liquid/condition'
 require 'liquid/utils'
 require 'liquid/tokenizer'
@@ -86,7 +91,3 @@ require 'liquid/partial_cache'
 require 'liquid/usage'
 require 'liquid/registers'
 require 'liquid/template_factory'
-
-# Load all the tags of the standard library
-#
-Dir["#{__dir__}/liquid/tags/*.rb"].each { |f| require f }

lib/liquid/block.rb

@@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ module Liquid
       @tag_name
     end
 
+    # Cache block delimiters per tag name to avoid repeated string allocation
+    BLOCK_DELIMITER_CACHE = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = "end#{k}".freeze }
+
     def block_delimiter
-      @block_delimiter ||= "end#{block_name}"
+      @block_delimiter ||= BLOCK_DELIMITER_CACHE[block_name]
     end
 
     private

lib/liquid/block_body.rb

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require 'English'
-
 module Liquid
   class BlockBody
     LiquidTagToken      = /\A\s*(#{TagName})\s*(.*?)\z/o
     FullToken           = /\A#{TagStart}#{WhitespaceControl}?(\s*)(#{TagName})(\s*)(.*?)#{WhitespaceControl}?#{TagEnd}\z/om
+    FullTokenPossiblyInvalid = /\A(.*)#{TagStart}#{WhitespaceControl}?\s*(\w+)\s*(.*)?#{WhitespaceControl}?#{TagEnd}\z/om
     ContentOfVariable   = /\A#{VariableStart}#{WhitespaceControl}?(.*?)#{WhitespaceControl}?#{VariableEnd}\z/om
     WhitespaceOrNothing = /\A\s*\z/
     TAGSTART            = "{%"
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ module Liquid
 
     private def parse_for_liquid_tag(tokenizer, parse_context)
       while (token = tokenizer.shift)
-        unless token.empty? || token.match?(WhitespaceOrNothing)
+        unless token.empty? || BlockBody.blank_string?(token)
           unless token =~ LiquidTagToken
             # line isn't empty but didn't match tag syntax, yield and let the
             # caller raise a syntax error
@@ -51,9 +50,8 @@ module Liquid
             next parse_liquid_tag(markup, parse_context)
           end
 
-          unless (tag = registered_tags[tag_name])
-            # end parsing if we reach an unknown tag and let the caller decide
-            # determine how to proceed
+          unless (tag = parse_context.environment.tag_for_name(tag_name))
+            # end parsing if we reach an unknown tag; let the caller determine how to proceed
             return yield tag_name, markup
           end
           new_tag = tag.parse(tag_name, markup, tokenizer, parse_context)
@@ -123,48 +121,38 @@ module Liquid
       end
     end
 
+    def self.blank_string?(str)
+      str.match?(WhitespaceOrNothing)
+    end
+
     private def parse_for_document(tokenizer, parse_context, &block)
       while (token = tokenizer.shift)
         next if token.empty?
-        case
-        when token.start_with?(TAGSTART)
-          whitespace_handler(token, parse_context)
-          unless token =~ FullToken
-            return handle_invalid_tag_token(token, parse_context, &block)
-          end
-          tag_name = Regexp.last_match(2)
-          markup   = Regexp.last_match(4)
 
-          if parse_context.line_number
-            # newlines inside the tag should increase the line number,
-            # particularly important for multiline {% liquid %} tags
-            parse_context.line_number += Regexp.last_match(1).count("\n") + Regexp.last_match(3).count("\n")
+        first_byte = token.getbyte(0)
+        if first_byte == Cursor::LCURLY
+          second_byte = token.getbyte(1)
+          if second_byte == Cursor::PCT
+            # handle_tag_token returns:
+            #   nil      — tag parsed normally, continue (update line number)
+            #   :next    — 'liquid' inline tag; skip line number update
+            #   :unknown — end tag or unknown tag; yield to caller and return
+            #   :invalid — malformed tag token; delegate to handle_invalid_tag_token
+            result = handle_tag_token(token, parse_context, tokenizer)
+            next unless result                                                          # nil: normal
+            next if result == :next                                                     # :next: 'liquid'
+            return yield(@_unknown_tag_name, parse_context.cursor.tag_markup) if result == :unknown
+            return handle_invalid_tag_token(token, parse_context, &block) # :invalid
+          elsif second_byte == Cursor::LCURLY
+            whitespace_handler(token, parse_context)
+            @nodelist << create_variable(token, parse_context)
+            @blank = false
+          else
+            # Fallback: text token starting with '{'
+            append_text_token(token, parse_context)
           end
-
-          if tag_name == 'liquid'
-            parse_liquid_tag(markup, parse_context)
-            next
-          end
-
-          unless (tag = registered_tags[tag_name])
-            # end parsing if we reach an unknown tag and let the caller decide
-            # determine how to proceed
-            return yield tag_name, markup
-          end
-          new_tag = tag.parse(tag_name, markup, tokenizer, parse_context)
-          @blank &&= new_tag.blank?
-          @nodelist << new_tag
-        when token.start_with?(VARSTART)
-          whitespace_handler(token, parse_context)
-          @nodelist << create_variable(token, parse_context)
-          @blank = false
         else
-          if parse_context.trim_whitespace
-            token.lstrip!
-          end
-          parse_context.trim_whitespace = false
-          @nodelist << token
-          @blank &&= token.match?(WhitespaceOrNothing)
+          append_text_token(token, parse_context)
         end
         parse_context.line_number = tokenizer.line_number
       end
@@ -172,8 +160,54 @@ module Liquid
       yield nil, nil
     end
 
-    def whitespace_handler(token, parse_context)
-      if token[2] == WhitespaceControl
+    # Handles a {%...%} tag token. Does not receive the outer block — callers handle
+    # yield/block passing themselves, keeping the Proc off the hot path.
+    # Returns:
+    #   nil      — tag parsed, caller continues the loop
+    #   :next    — 'liquid' inline tag; caller skips line number update
+    #   :unknown — unknown/end tag; @_unknown_tag_name holds the tag name;
+    #              markup is in parse_context.cursor.tag_markup
+    #   :invalid — malformed token; caller delegates to handle_invalid_tag_token
+    private def handle_tag_token(token, parse_context, tokenizer)
+      whitespace_handler(token, parse_context)
+      cursor = parse_context.cursor
+      tag_name = cursor.parse_tag_token(token)
+      return :invalid unless tag_name
+
+      markup = cursor.tag_markup
+      if parse_context.line_number
+        newlines = cursor.tag_newlines
+        parse_context.line_number += newlines if newlines > 0
+      end
+
+      if tag_name == 'liquid'
+        parse_liquid_tag(markup, parse_context)
+        return :next
+      end
+
+      tag = parse_context.environment.tag_for_name(tag_name)
+      unless tag
+        # end parsing if we reach an unknown tag; let the caller determine how to proceed
+        @_unknown_tag_name = tag_name
+        return :unknown
+      end
+
+      new_tag = tag.parse(tag_name, markup, tokenizer, parse_context)
+      @blank &&= new_tag.blank?
+      @nodelist << new_tag
+      nil
+    end
+
+    def append_text_token(token, parse_context)
+      token.lstrip! if parse_context.trim_whitespace
+      parse_context.trim_whitespace = false
+      @nodelist << token
+      @blank &&= BlockBody.blank_string?(token)
+    end
+    private :append_text_token
+
+    private def whitespace_handler(token, parse_context)
+      if token.getbyte(2) == Cursor::DASH
         previous_token = @nodelist.last
         if previous_token.is_a?(String)
           first_byte = previous_token.getbyte(0)
@@ -183,7 +217,7 @@ module Liquid
           end
         end
       end
-      parse_context.trim_whitespace = (token[-3] == WhitespaceControl)
+      parse_context.trim_whitespace = (token.getbyte(token.bytesize - 3) == Cursor::DASH)
     end
 
     def blank?
@@ -215,24 +249,35 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
-      freeze unless frozen?
+      freeze
 
-      context.resource_limits.increment_render_score(@nodelist.length)
+      resource_limits = context.resource_limits
+      resource_limits.increment_render_score(@nodelist.length)
 
+      # Hot render loop — split on check_write so the common case (no resource
+      # limits) pays zero branch cost per node.
       idx = 0
-      while (node = @nodelist[idx])
-        if node.instance_of?(String)
-          output << node
-        else
-          render_node(context, output, node)
-          # If we get an Interrupt that means the block must stop processing. An
-          # Interrupt is any command that stops block execution such as {% break %}
-          # or {% continue %}. These tags may also occur through Block or Include tags.
-          break if context.interrupt? # might have happened in a for-block
+      if resource_limits.render_length_limit || resource_limits.last_capture_length
+        while (node = @nodelist[idx])
+          if node.instance_of?(String)
+            output << node
+          else
+            render_node(context, output, node)
+            break if context.interrupt?
+          end
+          idx += 1
+          resource_limits.increment_write_score(output)
+        end
+      else
+        while (node = @nodelist[idx])
+          if node.instance_of?(String)
+            output << node
+          else
+            render_node(context, output, node)
+            break if context.interrupt?
+          end
+          idx += 1
         end
-        idx += 1
-
-        context.resource_limits.increment_write_score(output)
       end
 
       output
@@ -240,15 +285,18 @@ module Liquid
 
     private
 
+    # Indirection allows subclasses to intercept per-node rendering.
     def render_node(context, output, node)
       BlockBody.render_node(context, output, node)
     end
 
     def create_variable(token, parse_context)
-      if token =~ ContentOfVariable
-        markup = Regexp.last_match(1)
+      len = token.bytesize
+      if len >= 4 && token.getbyte(len - 1) == Cursor::RCURLY && token.getbyte(len - 2) == Cursor::RCURLY
+        markup = parse_context.cursor.parse_variable_token(token)
         return Variable.new(markup, parse_context)
       end
+
       BlockBody.raise_missing_variable_terminator(token, parse_context)
     end
 
@@ -261,9 +309,5 @@ module Liquid
     def raise_missing_variable_terminator(token, parse_context)
       BlockBody.raise_missing_variable_terminator(token, parse_context)
     end
-
-    def registered_tags
-      Template.tags
-    end
   end
 end

lib/liquid/byte_tables.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Liquid
+  # Pre-computed 256-entry boolean lookup tables for byte classification.
+  # Built once at load time; used as TABLE[byte] — a single array index
+  # instead of 3-5 comparison operators per check.
+  #
+  # Performance: neutral to slightly faster vs. chained comparisons.
+  # Readability: replaces expressions like
+  #   (b >= 97 && b <= 122) || (b >= 65 && b <= 90) || b == 95
+  # with the intent-revealing
+  #   ByteTables::IDENT_START[b]
+  module ByteTables
+    # [a-zA-Z_] — valid first byte of an identifier
+    IDENT_START = Array.new(256, false).tap do |t|
+      (97..122).each { |b| t[b] = true }  # a-z
+      (65..90).each  { |b| t[b] = true }  # A-Z
+      t[95] = true # _
+    end.freeze
+
+    # [a-zA-Z0-9_-] — valid continuation byte of an identifier
+    IDENT_CONT = Array.new(256, false).tap do |t|
+      (97..122).each { |b| t[b] = true }  # a-z
+      (65..90).each  { |b| t[b] = true }  # A-Z
+      (48..57).each  { |b| t[b] = true }  # 0-9
+      t[95] = true                          # _
+      t[45] = true                          # -
+    end.freeze
+
+    # [0-9] — ASCII digit
+    DIGIT = Array.new(256, false).tap do |t|
+      (48..57).each { |b| t[b] = true }
+    end.freeze
+
+    # [ \t\n\v\f\r] — ASCII whitespace (mirrors Ruby's \s)
+    WHITESPACE = Array.new(256, false).tap do |t|
+      [32, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13].each { |b| t[b] = true } # space, tab, \n, \v, \f, \r
+    end.freeze
+  end
+end

lib/liquid/condition.rb

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ module Liquid
         else
           false
         end
+      rescue Encoding::CompatibilityError
+        # "✅".b.include?("✅") raises Encoding::CompatibilityError despite being materially equal
+        left.b.include?(right.b)
       end,
     }
 
@@ -45,8 +48,8 @@ module Liquid
       @@operators
     end
 
-    def self.parse_expression(parse_context, markup)
-      @@method_literals[markup] || parse_context.parse_expression(markup)
+    def self.parse_expression(parse_context, markup, safe: false)
+      @@method_literals[markup] || parse_context.parse_expression(markup, safe: safe)
     end
 
     attr_reader :attachment, :child_condition
@@ -62,20 +65,21 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def evaluate(context = deprecated_default_context)
-      condition = self
-      result = nil
-      loop do
-        result = interpret_condition(condition.left, condition.right, condition.operator, context)
+      result = interpret_condition(@left, @right, @operator, context)
 
+      # Fast path: no child conditions (most common)
+      return result unless @child_relation
+
+      condition = self
+      while condition.child_relation
         case condition.child_relation
         when :or
           break if Liquid::Utils.to_liquid_value(result)
         when :and
           break unless Liquid::Utils.to_liquid_value(result)
-        else
-          break
         end
         condition = condition.child_condition
+        result = interpret_condition(condition.left, condition.right, condition.operator, context)
       end
       result
     end
@@ -110,24 +114,67 @@ module Liquid
 
     def equal_variables(left, right)
       if left.is_a?(MethodLiteral)
-        if right.respond_to?(left.method_name)
-          return right.send(left.method_name)
-        else
-          return nil
-        end
+        return call_method_literal(left, right)
       end
 
       if right.is_a?(MethodLiteral)
-        if left.respond_to?(right.method_name)
-          return left.send(right.method_name)
-        else
-          return nil
-        end
+        return call_method_literal(right, left)
       end
 
       left == right
     end
 
+    def call_method_literal(literal, value)
+      method_name = literal.method_name
+
+      # If the object responds to the method (e.g., ActiveSupport is loaded), use it
+      if value.respond_to?(method_name)
+        value.send(method_name)
+      else
+        # Emulate ActiveSupport's blank?/empty? to make Liquid invariant
+        # to whether ActiveSupport is loaded or not
+        case method_name
+        when :blank?
+          liquid_blank?(value)
+        when :empty?
+          liquid_empty?(value)
+        else
+          false
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Implement blank? semantics matching ActiveSupport
+    # blank? returns true for nil, false, empty strings, whitespace-only strings,
+    # empty arrays, and empty hashes
+    def liquid_blank?(value)
+      case value
+      when NilClass, FalseClass
+        true
+      when TrueClass, Numeric
+        false
+      when String
+        # Blank if empty or whitespace only (matches ActiveSupport)
+        value.empty? || value.match?(/\A\s*\z/)
+      when Array, Hash
+        value.empty?
+      else
+        # Fall back to empty? if available, otherwise false
+        value.respond_to?(:empty?) ? value.empty? : false
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Implement empty? semantics
+    # Note: nil is NOT empty. empty? checks if a collection has zero elements.
+    def liquid_empty?(value)
+      case value
+      when String, Array, Hash
+        value.empty?
+      else
+        value.respond_to?(:empty?) ? value.empty? : false
+      end
+    end
+
     def interpret_condition(left, right, op, context)
       # If the operator is empty this means that the decision statement is just
       # a single variable. We can just poll this variable from the context and
@@ -151,8 +198,8 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def deprecated_default_context
-      warn("DEPRECATION WARNING: Condition#evaluate without a context argument is deprecated" \
-        " and will be removed from Liquid 6.0.0.")
+      warn("DEPRECATION WARNING: Condition#evaluate without a context argument is deprecated " \
+        "and will be removed from Liquid 6.0.0.")
       Context.new
     end
 

lib/liquid/const.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Liquid
+  module Const
+    EMPTY_HASH = {}.freeze
+    EMPTY_ARRAY = [].freeze
+  end
+end

lib/liquid/context.rb

@@ -15,35 +15,44 @@ module Liquid
   #   context['bob']  #=> nil  class Context
   class Context
     attr_reader :scopes, :errors, :registers, :environments, :resource_limits, :static_registers, :static_environments
-    attr_accessor :exception_renderer, :template_name, :partial, :global_filter, :strict_variables, :strict_filters
+    attr_accessor :exception_renderer, :template_name, :partial, :global_filter, :strict_variables, :strict_filters, :environment
 
     # rubocop:disable Metrics/ParameterLists
-    def self.build(environments: {}, outer_scope: {}, registers: {}, rethrow_errors: false, resource_limits: nil, static_environments: {}, &block)
-      new(environments, outer_scope, registers, rethrow_errors, resource_limits, static_environments, &block)
+    def self.build(environment: Environment.default, environments: {}, outer_scope: {}, registers: {}, rethrow_errors: false, resource_limits: nil, static_environments: {}, &block)
+      new(environments, outer_scope, registers, rethrow_errors, resource_limits, static_environments, environment, &block)
     end
 
-    def initialize(environments = {}, outer_scope = {}, registers = {}, rethrow_errors = false, resource_limits = nil, static_environments = {})
-      @environments = [environments]
-      @environments.flatten!
+    def initialize(environments = {}, outer_scope = {}, registers = {}, rethrow_errors = false, resource_limits = nil, static_environments = {}, environment = Environment.default)
+      @environment = environment
+      @environments = environments.is_a?(Array) ? environments : [environments]
 
-      @static_environments = [static_environments].flatten(1).freeze
-      @scopes              = [(outer_scope || {})]
+      @static_environments = if static_environments.is_a?(Array)
+        static_environments.frozen? ? static_environments : static_environments.freeze
+      elsif static_environments.empty?
+        Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
+      else
+        [static_environments].freeze
+      end
+      @scopes              = [outer_scope || {}]
       @registers           = registers.is_a?(Registers) ? registers : Registers.new(registers)
       @errors              = []
       @partial             = false
       @strict_variables    = false
-      @resource_limits     = resource_limits || ResourceLimits.new(Template.default_resource_limits)
+      @resource_limits     = resource_limits || ResourceLimits.new(environment.default_resource_limits)
       @base_scope_depth    = 0
-      @interrupts          = []
-      @filters             = []
+      @interrupts          = Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
+      @filters             = Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
       @global_filter       = nil
-      @disabled_tags       = {}
+      @disabled_tags       = Const::EMPTY_HASH
+
+      # Lazy-init StringScanner — only needed if Context#[] is called during render
+      @string_scanner = nil
 
       @registers.static[:cached_partials] ||= {}
-      @registers.static[:file_system] ||= Liquid::Template.file_system
+      @registers.static[:file_system] ||= environment.file_system
       @registers.static[:template_factory] ||= Liquid::TemplateFactory.new
 
-      self.exception_renderer = Template.default_exception_renderer
+      self.exception_renderer = environment.exception_renderer
       if rethrow_errors
         self.exception_renderer = Liquid::RAISE_EXCEPTION_LAMBDA
       end
@@ -60,7 +69,7 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def strainer
-      @strainer ||= StrainerFactory.create(self, @filters)
+      @strainer ||= @environment.create_strainer(self, @filters)
     end
 
     # Adds filters to this context.
@@ -68,7 +77,7 @@ module Liquid
     # Note that this does not register the filters with the main Template object. see <tt>Template.register_filter</tt>
     # for that
     def add_filters(filters)
-      filters = [filters].flatten.compact
+      filters = Array(filters).flatten.compact
       @filters += filters
       @strainer = nil
     end
@@ -79,11 +88,12 @@ module Liquid
 
     # are there any not handled interrupts?
     def interrupt?
-      !@interrupts.empty?
+      !@interrupts.equal?(Const::EMPTY_ARRAY) && @interrupts.any?
     end
 
     # push an interrupt to the stack. this interrupt is considered not handled.
     def push_interrupt(e)
+      @interrupts = [] if @interrupts.frozen?
       @interrupts.push(e)
     end
 
@@ -104,6 +114,20 @@ module Liquid
       strainer.invoke(method, *args).to_liquid
     end
 
+    # Arity-specialized filter delegation — generated to match StrainerTemplate's specializations.
+    # The pattern (avoid *args splat) is the same for each arity; generating makes it explicit.
+    {
+      invoke_single: ['input'],
+      invoke_two: ['input', 'arg1'],
+    }.each do |method_name, params|
+      all_params = (["method"] + params).join(", ")
+      module_eval(<<~RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1)
+        def #{method_name}(#{all_params})
+          strainer.#{method_name}(#{all_params}).to_liquid
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
+
     # Push new local scope on the stack. use <tt>Context#stack</tt> instead
     def push(new_scope = {})
       @scopes.unshift(new_scope)
@@ -142,6 +166,7 @@ module Liquid
       check_overflow
 
       self.class.build(
+        environment: @environment,
         resource_limits: resource_limits,
         static_environments: static_environments,
         registers: Registers.new(registers),
@@ -174,11 +199,11 @@ module Liquid
     # Example:
     #   products == empty #=> products.empty?
     def [](expression)
-      evaluate(Expression.parse(expression))
+      evaluate(Expression.parse(expression, @string_scanner ||= StringScanner.new("")))
     end
 
     def key?(key)
-      self[key] != nil
+      !find_variable(key, raise_on_not_found: false).nil?
     end
 
     def evaluate(object)
@@ -187,20 +212,40 @@ module Liquid
 
     # Fetches an object starting at the local scope and then moving up the hierachy
     def find_variable(key, raise_on_not_found: true)
-      # This was changed from find() to find_index() because this is a very hot
-      # path and find_index() is optimized in MRI to reduce object allocation
-      index = @scopes.find_index { |s| s.key?(key) }
-
-      variable = if index
-        lookup_and_evaluate(@scopes[index], key, raise_on_not_found: raise_on_not_found)
+      # Fast path: check top scope first (most common in for loops)
+      scope = @scopes[0]
+      if scope.key?(key)
+        variable = lookup_and_evaluate(scope, key, raise_on_not_found: raise_on_not_found)
+      elsif @scopes.length == 1
+        # Only one scope and key not found — go straight to environments
+        variable = try_variable_find_in_environments(key, raise_on_not_found: raise_on_not_found)
       else
-        try_variable_find_in_environments(key, raise_on_not_found: raise_on_not_found)
+        # Multiple scopes — search through all of them
+        scope = @scopes.find { |s| s.key?(key) }
+
+        variable = if scope
+          lookup_and_evaluate(scope, key, raise_on_not_found: raise_on_not_found)
+        else
+          try_variable_find_in_environments(key, raise_on_not_found: raise_on_not_found)
+        end
+      end
+
+      # update variable's context before invoking #to_liquid
+      # Fast path: primitive types don't need context= or to_liquid conversion
+      case variable
+      when String, Integer, Float, NilClass, TrueClass, FalseClass, Array, Hash, Time
+        return variable
       end
 
-      variable         = variable.to_liquid
       variable.context = self if variable.respond_to?(:context=)
 
-      variable
+      liquid_variable = variable.to_liquid
+
+      if variable != liquid_variable
+        liquid_variable.context = self if liquid_variable.respond_to?(:context=)
+      end
+
+      liquid_variable
     end
 
     def lookup_and_evaluate(obj, key, raise_on_not_found: true)
@@ -218,6 +263,7 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def with_disabled_tags(tag_names)
+      @disabled_tags = {} if @disabled_tags.frozen?
       tag_names.each do |name|
         @disabled_tags[name] = @disabled_tags.fetch(name, 0) + 1
       end
@@ -241,17 +287,16 @@ module Liquid
     attr_reader :base_scope_depth
 
     def try_variable_find_in_environments(key, raise_on_not_found:)
-      @environments.each do |environment|
+      found = find_in_envs(@environments, key, raise_on_not_found: raise_on_not_found)
+      return found unless found.nil? && !(@strict_variables && raise_on_not_found)
+
+      find_in_envs(@static_environments, key, raise_on_not_found: raise_on_not_found)
+    end
+
+    def find_in_envs(envs, key, raise_on_not_found:)
+      envs.each do |environment|
         found_variable = lookup_and_evaluate(environment, key, raise_on_not_found: raise_on_not_found)
-        if !found_variable.nil? || @strict_variables && raise_on_not_found
-          return found_variable
-        end
-      end
-      @static_environments.each do |environment|
-        found_variable = lookup_and_evaluate(environment, key, raise_on_not_found: raise_on_not_found)
-        if !found_variable.nil? || @strict_variables && raise_on_not_found
-          return found_variable
-        end
+        return found_variable if !found_variable.nil? || (@strict_variables && raise_on_not_found)
       end
       nil
     end

lib/liquid/cursor.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "strscan"
+
+module Liquid
+  # Single-pass forward-only scanner for Liquid parsing.
+  # Wraps StringScanner with higher-level methods for common Liquid constructs.
+  # One Cursor per template parse — threaded through all parsing code.
+  class Cursor
+    # Byte constants
+    SPACE   = 32
+    TAB     = 9
+    NL      = 10
+    CR      = 13
+    FF      = 12
+    DASH    = 45  # '-'
+    DOT     = 46  # '.'
+    COLON   = 58  # ':'
+    PIPE    = 124 # '|'
+    QUOTE_S = 39  # "'"
+    QUOTE_D = 34  # '"'
+    LBRACK  = 91  # '['
+    RBRACK  = 93  # ']'
+    LPAREN  = 40  # '('
+    RPAREN  = 41  # ')'
+    QMARK   = 63  # '?'
+    HASH    = 35  # '#'
+    USCORE  = 95  # '_'
+    COMMA   = 44
+    ZERO    = 48
+    NINE    = 57
+    PCT     = 37  # '%'
+    LCURLY  = 123 # '{'
+    RCURLY  = 125 # '}'
+
+    attr_reader :ss
+
+    def initialize(source)
+      @source = source
+      @ss = StringScanner.new(source)
+    end
+
+    # ── Position ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    def pos = @ss.pos
+
+    def pos=(n)
+      @ss.pos = n
+    end
+
+    def eos? = @ss.eos?
+    def peek_byte = @ss.peek_byte
+    def scan_byte = @ss.scan_byte
+
+    # Reset scanner to a new string (for reuse on sub-markup)
+    def reset(source)
+      @source = source
+      @ss.string = source
+    end
+
+    # Extract a slice from the source (deferred allocation)
+    def slice(start, len)
+      @source.byteslice(start, len)
+    end
+
+    # ── Whitespace ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Skip spaces/tabs/newlines/cr
+    def skip_ws
+      while (b = @ss.peek_byte)
+        case b
+        when SPACE, TAB, CR, FF, NL then @ss.scan_byte
+        else break
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Check if remaining bytes are all whitespace (or EOS).
+    # exist?(/\S/) returns nil when no non-whitespace remains, without advancing position.
+    def rest_blank?
+      !@ss.exist?(/\S/)
+    end
+
+    # Regex for identifier: [a-zA-Z_][\w-]*\??
+    ID_REGEX = /[a-zA-Z_][\w-]*\??/
+
+    # ── Identifiers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Skip an identifier without allocating a string. Returns length skipped, or 0.
+    def skip_id
+      @ss.skip(ID_REGEX) || 0
+    end
+
+    # Check if next id matches expected string, consume if so. No allocation.
+    def expect_id(expected)
+      start = @ss.pos
+      len = @ss.skip(ID_REGEX)
+      if len == expected.bytesize
+        # Compare bytes directly without allocating a string
+        i = 0
+        while i < len
+          unless @source.getbyte(start + i) == expected.getbyte(i)
+            @ss.pos = start
+            return false
+          end
+          i += 1
+        end
+        return true
+      end
+      @ss.pos = start if len
+      false
+    end
+
+    # Scan a single identifier: [a-zA-Z_][\w-]*\??
+    # Returns the string or nil if not at an identifier
+    def scan_id
+      @ss.scan(ID_REGEX)
+    end
+
+    # Scan a tag name: '#' or \w+
+    def scan_tag_name
+      if @ss.peek_byte == HASH
+        @ss.scan_byte
+        "#"
+      else
+        scan_id
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Regex for numbers: -?\d+(\.\d+)?
+    FLOAT_REGEX = /-?\d+\.\d+/
+    INT_REGEX = /-?\d+/
+
+    # ── Numbers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Try to scan an integer or float. Returns the number or nil.
+    def scan_number
+      if (s = @ss.scan(FLOAT_REGEX))
+        s.to_f
+      elsif (s = @ss.scan(INT_REGEX))
+        s.to_i
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Regex for quoted string content (without quotes)
+    SINGLE_QUOTED_CONTENT = /'([^']*)'/
+    DOUBLE_QUOTED_CONTENT = /"([^"]*)"/
+
+    # ── Strings ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Scan a quoted string ('...' or "..."). Returns the content without quotes, or nil.
+    def scan_quoted_string
+      if @ss.scan(SINGLE_QUOTED_CONTENT) || @ss.scan(DOUBLE_QUOTED_CONTENT)
+        @ss[1]
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Regex for quoted strings (single or double quoted, including quotes)
+    QUOTED_STRING_RAW = /"[^"]*"|'[^']*'/
+
+    # Scan a quoted string including quotes. Returns the full "..." or '...' string, or nil.
+    def scan_quoted_string_raw
+      @ss.scan(QUOTED_STRING_RAW)
+    end
+
+    # Regex for dotted identifier: name(.name)*
+    DOTTED_ID_REGEX = /[a-zA-Z_][\w-]*\??(?:\.[a-zA-Z_][\w-]*\??)*/
+
+    # ── Expressions ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Scan a simple variable lookup: name(.name)* — no brackets, no filters
+    # Returns the string or nil
+    def scan_dotted_id
+      @ss.scan(DOTTED_ID_REGEX)
+    end
+
+    # Skip a fragment without allocating. Returns length skipped, or 0.
+    def skip_fragment
+      @ss.skip(QUOTED_STRING_RAW) || @ss.skip(UNQUOTED_FRAGMENT) || 0
+    end
+
+    # Regex for unquoted fragment: non-whitespace/comma/pipe sequence
+    UNQUOTED_FRAGMENT = /[^\s,|]+/
+
+    # Scan a "QuotedFragment" — a quoted string or non-whitespace/comma/pipe run
+    def scan_fragment
+      @ss.scan(QUOTED_STRING_RAW) || @ss.scan(UNQUOTED_FRAGMENT)
+    end
+
+    # ── Comparison operators ────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Identity map used for frozen string interning: StringScanner#scan returns a
+    # new unfrozen String on every call. Indexing into this hash returns the frozen
+    # literal stored here, avoiding a separate allocation and enabling faster
+    # equality checks downstream (frozen strings can be compared by identity).
+    COMPARISON_OPS = {
+      '==' => '==',
+      '!=' => '!=',
+      '<>' => '<>',
+      '<=' => '<=',
+      '>=' => '>=',
+      '<' => '<',
+      '>' => '>',
+      'contains' => 'contains',
+    }.freeze
+
+    # Scan a comparison operator. Returns frozen string or nil.
+    # Regex for comparison operators
+    COMPARISON_OP_REGEX = /==|!=|<>|<=|>=|<|>|contains(?!\w)/
+
+    def scan_comparison_op
+      if (op = @ss.scan(COMPARISON_OP_REGEX))
+        COMPARISON_OPS[op]
+      end
+    end
+
+    # ── Tag parsing helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Results from last parse_tag_token call (avoids array allocation)
+    attr_reader :tag_markup, :tag_newlines
+
+    # Parse the interior of a tag token: "{%[-] tag_name markup [-]%}"
+    # Pure byte operations — avoids StringScanner reset overhead.
+    # Returns tag_name string or nil. Sets tag_markup and tag_newlines.
+    def parse_tag_token(token)
+      len = token.bytesize
+      pos = 2 # skip "{%"
+      pos += 1 if token.getbyte(pos) == DASH # skip '-'
+      nl = 0
+
+      # Skip whitespace, count newlines
+      while pos < len
+        b = token.getbyte(pos)
+        case b
+        when SPACE, TAB, CR, FF then pos += 1
+        when NL then pos += 1
+                     nl += 1
+        else break
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Scan tag name: '#' or [a-zA-Z_][\w-]*
+      name_start = pos
+      b = token.getbyte(pos)
+      if b == HASH
+        pos += 1
+      elsif b && ByteTables::IDENT_START[b]
+        pos += 1
+        while pos < len
+          b = token.getbyte(pos)
+          break unless ByteTables::IDENT_CONT[b]
+
+          pos += 1
+        end
+        pos += 1 if pos < len && token.getbyte(pos) == QMARK
+      else
+        return
+      end
+      tag_name = token.byteslice(name_start, pos - name_start)
+
+      # Skip whitespace after tag name, count newlines
+      while pos < len
+        b = token.getbyte(pos)
+        case b
+        when SPACE, TAB, CR, FF then pos += 1
+        when NL then pos += 1
+                     nl += 1
+        else break
+        end
+      end
+
+      # markup is everything up to optional '-' before '%}'
+      markup_end = len - 2
+      markup_end -= 1 if markup_end > pos && token.getbyte(markup_end - 1) == DASH
+      @tag_markup = pos >= markup_end ? "" : token.byteslice(pos, markup_end - pos)
+      @tag_newlines = nl
+
+      tag_name
+    end
+
+    # Parse variable token interior: extract markup from "{{[-] ... [-]}}"
+    def parse_variable_token(token)
+      len = token.bytesize
+      return if len < 4
+
+      i = 2
+      i = 3 if token.getbyte(i) == DASH
+      parse_end = len - 3
+      parse_end -= 1 if token.getbyte(parse_end) == DASH
+      markup_len = parse_end - i + 1
+      markup_len <= 0 ? "" : token.byteslice(i, markup_len)
+    end
+
+    # ── Simple condition parser ─────────────────────────────────────
+    # Results from last parse_simple_condition call
+    attr_reader :cond_left, :cond_op, :cond_right
+
+    # Parse "expr [op expr]" from current position to end.
+    # Returns true on success, nil on failure. Sets cond_left, cond_op, cond_right.
+    def parse_simple_condition
+      skip_ws
+      @cond_left = scan_fragment
+      return unless @cond_left
+
+      skip_ws
+      if eos?
+        @cond_op = nil
+        @cond_right = nil
+        return true
+      end
+
+      @cond_op = scan_comparison_op
+      return unless @cond_op
+
+      skip_ws
+      @cond_right = scan_fragment
+      return unless @cond_right
+
+      skip_ws
+      return unless eos? # trailing junk
+
+      true
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/liquid/deprecations.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "set"
+
+module Liquid
+  class Deprecations
+    class << self
+      attr_accessor :warned
+
+      Deprecations.warned = Set.new
+
+      def warn(name, alternative)
+        return if warned.include?(name)
+
+        warned << name
+
+        caller_location = caller_locations(2, 1).first
+        Warning.warn("[DEPRECATION] #{name} is deprecated. Use #{alternative} instead. Called from #{caller_location}\n")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/liquid/drop.rb

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module Liquid
 
     # Catch all for the method
     def liquid_method_missing(method)
-      return nil unless @context&.strict_variables
+      return unless @context&.strict_variables
       raise Liquid::UndefinedDropMethod, "undefined method #{method}"
     end
 

lib/liquid/environment.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Liquid
+  # The Environment is the container for all configuration options of Liquid, such as
+  # the registered tags, filters, and the default error mode.
+  class Environment
+    # The default error mode for all templates. This can be overridden on a
+    # per-template basis.
+    attr_accessor :error_mode
+
+    # The tags that are available to use in the template.
+    attr_accessor :tags
+
+    # The strainer template which is used to store filters that are available to
+    # use in templates.
+    attr_accessor :strainer_template
+
+    # The exception renderer that is used to render exceptions that are raised
+    # when rendering a template
+    attr_accessor :exception_renderer
+
+    # The default file system that is used to load templates from.
+    attr_accessor :file_system
+
+    # The default resource limits that are used to limit the resources that a
+    # template can consume.
+    attr_accessor :default_resource_limits
+
+    class << self
+      # Creates a new environment instance.
+      #
+      # @param tags [Hash] The tags that are available to use in
+      #  the template.
+      # @param file_system The default file system that is used
+      #  to load templates from.
+      # @param error_mode [Symbol] The default error mode for all templates
+      #  (either :strict2, :strict, :warn, or :lax).
+      # @param exception_renderer [Proc] The exception renderer that is used to
+      #   render exceptions.
+      # @yieldparam environment [Environment] The environment instance that is being built.
+      # @return [Environment] The new environment instance.
+      def build(tags: nil, file_system: nil, error_mode: nil, exception_renderer: nil)
+        ret = new
+        ret.tags = tags if tags
+        ret.file_system = file_system if file_system
+        ret.error_mode = error_mode if error_mode
+        ret.exception_renderer = exception_renderer if exception_renderer
+        yield ret if block_given?
+        ret.freeze
+      end
+
+      # Returns the default environment instance.
+      #
+      # @return [Environment] The default environment instance.
+      def default
+        @default ||= new
+      end
+
+      # Sets the default environment instance for the duration of the block
+      #
+      # @param environment [Environment] The environment instance to use as the default for the
+      #   duration of the block.
+      # @yield
+      # @return [Object] The return value of the block.
+      def dangerously_override(environment)
+        original_default = @default
+        @default = environment
+        yield
+      ensure
+        @default = original_default
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Initializes a new environment instance.
+    # @api private
+    def initialize
+      @tags = Tags::STANDARD_TAGS.dup
+      @error_mode = :lax
+      @strainer_template = Class.new(StrainerTemplate).tap do |klass|
+        klass.add_filter(StandardFilters)
+      end
+      @exception_renderer = ->(exception) { exception }
+      @file_system = BlankFileSystem.new
+      @default_resource_limits = Const::EMPTY_HASH
+      @strainer_template_class_cache = {}
+    end
+
+    # Registers a new tag with the environment.
+    #
+    # @param name [String] The name of the tag.
+    # @param klass [Liquid::Tag] The class that implements the tag.
+    # @return [void]
+    def register_tag(name, klass)
+      @tags[name] = klass
+    end
+
+    # Registers a new filter with the environment.
+    #
+    # @param filter [Module] The module that contains the filter methods.
+    # @return [void]
+    def register_filter(filter)
+      @strainer_template_class_cache.clear
+      @strainer_template.add_filter(filter)
+    end
+
+    # Registers multiple filters with this environment.
+    #
+    # @param filters [Array<Module>] The modules that contain the filter methods.
+    # @return [self]
+    def register_filters(filters)
+      @strainer_template_class_cache.clear
+      filters.each { |f| @strainer_template.add_filter(f) }
+      self
+    end
+
+    # Creates a new strainer instance with the given filters, caching the result
+    # for faster lookup.
+    #
+    # @param context [Liquid::Context] The context that the strainer will be
+    #   used in.
+    # @param filters [Array<Module>] The filters that the strainer will have
+    #   access to.
+    # @return [Liquid::Strainer] The new strainer instance.
+    def create_strainer(context, filters = Const::EMPTY_ARRAY)
+      return @strainer_template.new(context) if filters.empty?
+
+      strainer_template = @strainer_template_class_cache[filters] ||= begin
+        klass = Class.new(@strainer_template)
+        filters.each { |f| klass.add_filter(f) }
+        klass
+      end
+
+      strainer_template.new(context)
+    end
+
+    # Returns the names of all the filter methods that are available to use in
+    # the strainer template.
+    #
+    # @return [Array<String>] The names of all the filter methods.
+    def filter_method_names
+      @strainer_template.filter_method_names
+    end
+
+    # Returns the tag class for the given tag name.
+    #
+    # @param name [String] The name of the tag.
+    # @return [Liquid::Tag] The tag class.
+    def tag_for_name(name)
+      @tags[name]
+    end
+
+    def freeze
+      @tags.freeze
+      # TODO: freeze the tags, currently this is not possible because of liquid-c
+      # @strainer_template.freeze
+      super
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/liquid/errors.rb

@@ -40,19 +40,20 @@ module Liquid
     end
   end
 
-  ArgumentError       = Class.new(Error)
-  ContextError        = Class.new(Error)
-  FileSystemError     = Class.new(Error)
-  StandardError       = Class.new(Error)
-  SyntaxError         = Class.new(Error)
-  StackLevelError     = Class.new(Error)
-  MemoryError         = Class.new(Error)
-  ZeroDivisionError   = Class.new(Error)
-  FloatDomainError    = Class.new(Error)
-  UndefinedVariable   = Class.new(Error)
-  UndefinedDropMethod = Class.new(Error)
-  UndefinedFilter     = Class.new(Error)
-  MethodOverrideError = Class.new(Error)
-  DisabledError       = Class.new(Error)
-  InternalError       = Class.new(Error)
+  ArgumentError         = Class.new(Error)
+  ContextError          = Class.new(Error)
+  FileSystemError       = Class.new(Error)
+  StandardError         = Class.new(Error)
+  SyntaxError           = Class.new(Error)
+  StackLevelError       = Class.new(Error)
+  MemoryError           = Class.new(Error)
+  ZeroDivisionError     = Class.new(Error)
+  FloatDomainError      = Class.new(Error)
+  UndefinedVariable     = Class.new(Error)
+  UndefinedDropMethod   = Class.new(Error)
+  UndefinedFilter       = Class.new(Error)
+  MethodOverrideError   = Class.new(Error)
+  DisabledError         = Class.new(Error)
+  InternalError         = Class.new(Error)
+  TemplateEncodingError = Class.new(Error)
 end

lib/liquid/expression.rb

@@ -10,38 +10,145 @@ module Liquid
       'true' => true,
       'false' => false,
       'blank' => '',
-      'empty' => ''
+      'empty' => '',
+      # in lax mode, minus sign can be a VariableLookup
+      # For simplicity and performace, we treat it like a literal
+      '-' => VariableLookup.parse("-", nil).freeze,
     }.freeze
 
-    INTEGERS_REGEX       = /\A(-?\d+)\z/
-    FLOATS_REGEX         = /\A(-?\d[\d\.]+)\z/
-
     # Use an atomic group (?>...) to avoid pathological backtracing from
     # malicious input as described in https://github.com/Shopify/liquid/issues/1357
-    RANGES_REGEX         = /\A\(\s*(?>(\S+)\s*\.\.)\s*(\S+)\s*\)\z/
+    RANGES_REGEX = /\A\(\s*(?>(\S+)\s*\.\.)\s*(\S+)\s*\)\z/
 
-    def self.parse(markup)
-      return nil unless markup
-
-      markup = markup.strip
-      if (markup.start_with?('"') && markup.end_with?('"')) ||
-         (markup.start_with?("'") && markup.end_with?("'"))
-        return markup[1..-2]
+    class << self
+      def safe_parse(parser, ss = StringScanner.new(""), cache = nil)
+        parse(parser.expression, ss, cache)
       end
 
-      case markup
-      when INTEGERS_REGEX
-        Regexp.last_match(1).to_i
-      when RANGES_REGEX
-        RangeLookup.parse(Regexp.last_match(1), Regexp.last_match(2))
-      when FLOATS_REGEX
-        Regexp.last_match(1).to_f
-      else
-        if LITERALS.key?(markup)
-          LITERALS[markup]
-        else
-          VariableLookup.parse(markup)
+      def parse(markup, ss = StringScanner.new(""), cache = nil)
+        return unless markup
+
+        # Only strip if there's leading/trailing whitespace (avoids allocation)
+        first_byte = markup.getbyte(0)
+        if first_byte && ByteTables::WHITESPACE[first_byte]
+          markup = markup.strip
+        elsif first_byte
+          markup = markup.strip if ByteTables::WHITESPACE[markup.getbyte(markup.bytesize - 1)]
         end
+
+        if (markup.start_with?('"') && markup.end_with?('"')) ||
+          (markup.start_with?("'") && markup.end_with?("'"))
+          return markup.byteslice(1, markup.bytesize - 2)
+        elsif LITERALS.key?(markup)
+          return LITERALS[markup]
+        end
+
+        # Cache only exists during parsing
+        if cache
+          return cache[markup] if cache.key?(markup)
+
+          cache[markup] = inner_parse(markup, ss, cache).freeze
+        else
+          inner_parse(markup, ss, nil).freeze
+        end
+      end
+
+      def inner_parse(markup, ss, cache)
+        if markup.start_with?("(") && markup.end_with?(")") && markup =~ RANGES_REGEX
+          return RangeLookup.parse(
+            Regexp.last_match(1),
+            Regexp.last_match(2),
+            ss,
+            cache,
+          )
+        end
+
+        if (num = parse_number(markup, ss))
+          num
+        else
+          VariableLookup.parse(markup, ss, cache)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def parse_number(markup, _ss = nil)
+        len = markup.bytesize
+        return if len == 0
+
+        # Quick reject: first byte must be digit or dash
+        pos = 0
+        first = markup.getbyte(pos)
+        if first == Cursor::DASH
+          pos += 1
+          return if pos >= len
+
+          b = markup.getbyte(pos)
+          return unless ByteTables::DIGIT[b]
+
+          pos += 1
+        elsif ByteTables::DIGIT[first]
+          pos += 1
+        else
+          return
+        end
+
+        # Scan digits
+        while pos < len
+          b = markup.getbyte(pos)
+          break unless ByteTables::DIGIT[b]
+
+          pos += 1
+        end
+
+        # If we consumed everything, it's a simple integer
+        if pos == len
+          return Integer(markup, 10)
+        end
+
+        # Check for dot (float)
+        if markup.getbyte(pos) == Cursor::DOT
+          dot_pos = pos
+          pos += 1
+          # Must have at least one digit after dot
+          digit_after_dot = pos
+          while pos < len
+            b = markup.getbyte(pos)
+            break unless ByteTables::DIGIT[b]
+
+            pos += 1
+          end
+
+          if pos > digit_after_dot && pos == len
+            # Simple float like "123.456"
+            return markup.to_f
+          elsif pos > digit_after_dot
+            # Float followed by more content: "1.2.3.4" — scan to find where the
+            # numeric portion ends (stop at next dot or non-digit).
+            return scan_float_with_trailing(markup, pos, len)
+          else
+            # dot at end: "123."
+            return markup.byteslice(0, dot_pos).to_f
+          end
+        end
+
+        # Not a number (has non-digit, non-dot characters)
+        nil
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      # Scans forward from `pos` through digits, returning the float up to the
+      # next dot or the end of string. Returns nil when a non-digit, non-dot
+      # byte is found (not a valid number). Used by parse_number for inputs
+      # like "1.2.3.4" where the float literal ends at the second dot.
+      def scan_float_with_trailing(markup, pos, len)
+        while pos < len
+          b = markup.getbyte(pos)
+          return markup.byteslice(0, pos).to_f if b == Cursor::DOT
+          return unless ByteTables::DIGIT[b]
+
+          pos += 1
+        end
+        markup.byteslice(0, pos).to_f
       end
     end
   end

lib/liquid/i18n.rb

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module Liquid
     def interpolate(name, vars)
       name.gsub(/%\{(\w+)\}/) do
         # raise TranslationError, "Undefined key #{$1} for interpolation in translation #{name}"  unless vars[$1.to_sym]
-        (vars[Regexp.last_match(1).to_sym]).to_s
+        vars[Regexp.last_match(1).to_sym].to_s
       end
     end
 

lib/liquid/lexer.rb

@@ -1,61 +1,180 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require "strscan"
 module Liquid
   class Lexer
-    SPECIALS = {
-      '|' => :pipe,
-      '.' => :dot,
-      ':' => :colon,
-      ',' => :comma,
-      '[' => :open_square,
-      ']' => :close_square,
-      '(' => :open_round,
-      ')' => :close_round,
-      '?' => :question,
-      '-' => :dash,
-    }.freeze
-    IDENTIFIER            = /[a-zA-Z_][\w-]*\??/
-    SINGLE_STRING_LITERAL = /'[^\']*'/
+    CLOSE_ROUND = [:close_round, ")"].freeze
+    CLOSE_SQUARE = [:close_square, "]"].freeze
+    COLON = [:colon, ":"].freeze
+    COMMA = [:comma, ","].freeze
+    COMPARISION_NOT_EQUAL = [:comparison, "!="].freeze
+    COMPARISON_CONTAINS = [:comparison, "contains"].freeze
+    COMPARISON_EQUAL = [:comparison, "=="].freeze
+    COMPARISON_GREATER_THAN = [:comparison, ">"].freeze
+    COMPARISON_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL = [:comparison, ">="].freeze
+    COMPARISON_LESS_THAN = [:comparison, "<"].freeze
+    COMPARISON_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL = [:comparison, "<="].freeze
+    COMPARISON_NOT_EQUAL_ALT = [:comparison, "<>"].freeze
+    DASH = [:dash, "-"].freeze
+    DOT = [:dot, "."].freeze
+    DOTDOT = [:dotdot, ".."].freeze
+    DOT_ORD = ".".ord
     DOUBLE_STRING_LITERAL = /"[^\"]*"/
-    STRING_LITERAL        = Regexp.union(SINGLE_STRING_LITERAL, DOUBLE_STRING_LITERAL)
+    EOS = [:end_of_string].freeze
+    IDENTIFIER            = /[a-zA-Z_][\w-]*\??/
     NUMBER_LITERAL        = /-?\d+(\.\d+)?/
-    DOTDOT                = /\.\./
-    COMPARISON_OPERATOR   = /==|!=|<>|<=?|>=?|contains(?=\s)/
+    OPEN_ROUND = [:open_round, "("].freeze
+    OPEN_SQUARE = [:open_square, "["].freeze
+    PIPE = [:pipe, "|"].freeze
+    QUESTION = [:question, "?"].freeze
+    RUBY_WHITESPACE = [" ", "\t", "\r", "\n", "\f"].freeze
+    SINGLE_STRING_LITERAL = /'[^\']*'/
     WHITESPACE_OR_NOTHING = /\s*/
+    WHITESPACE = /\s+/
 
-    def initialize(input)
-      @ss = StringScanner.new(input)
+    SINGLE_COMPARISON_TOKENS = [].tap do |table|
+      table["<".ord] = COMPARISON_LESS_THAN
+      table[">".ord] = COMPARISON_GREATER_THAN
+      table.freeze
     end
 
-    def tokenize
-      @output = []
+    TWO_CHARS_COMPARISON_JUMP_TABLE = [].tap do |table|
+      table["=".ord] = [].tap do |sub_table|
+        sub_table["=".ord] = COMPARISON_EQUAL
+        sub_table.freeze
+      end
+      table["!".ord] = [].tap do |sub_table|
+        sub_table["=".ord] = COMPARISION_NOT_EQUAL
+        sub_table.freeze
+      end
+      table.freeze
+    end
 
-      until @ss.eos?
-        @ss.skip(WHITESPACE_OR_NOTHING)
-        break if @ss.eos?
-        tok      = if (t = @ss.scan(COMPARISON_OPERATOR))
-          [:comparison, t]
-        elsif (t = @ss.scan(STRING_LITERAL))
-          [:string, t]
-        elsif (t = @ss.scan(NUMBER_LITERAL))
-          [:number, t]
-        elsif (t = @ss.scan(IDENTIFIER))
-          [:id, t]
-        elsif (t = @ss.scan(DOTDOT))
-          [:dotdot, t]
-        else
-          c     = @ss.getch
-          if (s = SPECIALS[c])
-            [s, c]
+    COMPARISON_JUMP_TABLE = [].tap do |table|
+      table["<".ord] = [].tap do |sub_table|
+        sub_table["=".ord] = COMPARISON_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL
+        sub_table[">".ord] = COMPARISON_NOT_EQUAL_ALT
+        sub_table.freeze
+      end
+      table[">".ord] = [].tap do |sub_table|
+        sub_table["=".ord] = COMPARISON_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL
+        sub_table.freeze
+      end
+      table.freeze
+    end
+
+    NEXT_MATCHER_JUMP_TABLE = [].tap do |table|
+      "a".upto("z") do |c|
+        table[c.ord] = [:id, IDENTIFIER].freeze
+        table[c.upcase.ord] = [:id, IDENTIFIER].freeze
+      end
+      table["_".ord] = [:id, IDENTIFIER].freeze
+
+      "0".upto("9") do |c|
+        table[c.ord] = [:number, NUMBER_LITERAL].freeze
+      end
+      table["-".ord] = [:number, NUMBER_LITERAL].freeze
+
+      table["'".ord] = [:string, SINGLE_STRING_LITERAL].freeze
+      table["\"".ord] = [:string, DOUBLE_STRING_LITERAL].freeze
+      table.freeze
+    end
+
+    SPECIAL_TABLE = [].tap do |table|
+      table["|".ord] = PIPE
+      table[".".ord] = DOT
+      table[":".ord] = COLON
+      table[",".ord] = COMMA
+      table["[".ord] = OPEN_SQUARE
+      table["]".ord] = CLOSE_SQUARE
+      table["(".ord] = OPEN_ROUND
+      table[")".ord] = CLOSE_ROUND
+      table["?".ord] = QUESTION
+      table["-".ord] = DASH
+    end
+
+    NUMBER_TABLE = [].tap do |table|
+      "0".upto("9") do |c|
+        table[c.ord] = true
+      end
+      table.freeze
+    end
+
+    # rubocop:disable Metrics/BlockNesting
+    class << self
+      def tokenize(ss)
+        output = []
+
+        until ss.eos?
+          ss.skip(WHITESPACE)
+
+          break if ss.eos?
+
+          start_pos = ss.pos
+          peeked = ss.peek_byte
+
+          if (special = SPECIAL_TABLE[peeked])
+            ss.scan_byte
+            # Special case for ".."
+            if special.equal?(DOT) && ss.peek_byte == DOT_ORD
+              ss.scan_byte
+              output << DOTDOT
+            elsif special.equal?(DASH)
+              # Special case for negative numbers
+              if (peeked_byte = ss.peek_byte) && NUMBER_TABLE[peeked_byte]
+                ss.pos -= 1
+                output << [:number, ss.scan(NUMBER_LITERAL)]
+              else
+                output << special
+              end
+            else
+              output << special
+            end
+          elsif (sub_table = TWO_CHARS_COMPARISON_JUMP_TABLE[peeked])
+            ss.scan_byte
+            if (peeked_byte = ss.peek_byte) && (found = sub_table[peeked_byte])
+              output << found
+              ss.scan_byte
+            else
+              raise_syntax_error(start_pos, ss)
+            end
+          elsif (sub_table = COMPARISON_JUMP_TABLE[peeked])
+            ss.scan_byte
+            if (peeked_byte = ss.peek_byte) && (found = sub_table[peeked_byte])
+              output << found
+              ss.scan_byte
+            else
+              output << SINGLE_COMPARISON_TOKENS[peeked]
+            end
           else
-            raise SyntaxError, "Unexpected character #{c}"
+            type, pattern = NEXT_MATCHER_JUMP_TABLE[peeked]
+
+            if type && (t = ss.scan(pattern))
+              # Special case for "contains"
+              output << if type == :id && t == "contains" && output.last&.first != :dot
+                COMPARISON_CONTAINS
+              else
+                [type, t]
+              end
+            else
+              raise_syntax_error(start_pos, ss)
+            end
           end
         end
-        @output << tok
+        # rubocop:enable Metrics/BlockNesting
+        output << EOS
+      rescue ::ArgumentError => e
+        if e.message == "invalid byte sequence in #{ss.string.encoding}"
+          raise SyntaxError, "Invalid byte sequence in #{ss.string.encoding}"
+        else
+          raise
+        end
       end
 
-      @output << [:end_of_string]
+      def raise_syntax_error(start_pos, ss)
+        ss.pos = start_pos
+        # the character could be a UTF-8 character, use getch to get all the bytes
+        raise SyntaxError, "Unexpected character #{ss.getch}"
+      end
     end
   end
 end

lib/liquid/locales/en.yml

@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
   errors:
     syntax:
       tag_unexpected_args: "Syntax Error in '%{tag}' - Valid syntax: %{tag}"
+      block_tag_unexpected_args: "Syntax Error in '%{tag}' - Valid syntax: {% %{tag} %}{% end%{tag} %}"
       assign: "Syntax Error in 'assign' - Valid syntax: assign [var] = [source]"
       capture: "Syntax Error in 'capture' - Valid syntax: capture [var]"
       case: "Syntax Error in 'case' - Valid syntax: case [condition]"
       case_invalid_when: "Syntax Error in tag 'case' - Valid when condition: {% when [condition] [or condition2...] %}"
       case_invalid_else: "Syntax Error in tag 'case' - Valid else condition: {% else %} (no parameters) "
       cycle: "Syntax Error in 'cycle' - Valid syntax: cycle [name :] var [, var2, var3 ...]"
+      doc_invalid_nested: "Syntax Error in 'doc' - Nested doc tags are not allowed"
       for: "Syntax Error in 'for loop' - Valid syntax: for [item] in [collection]"
       for_invalid_in: "For loops require an 'in' clause"
       for_invalid_attribute: "Invalid attribute in for loop. Valid attributes are limit and offset"
@@ -15,8 +17,10 @@
       include: "Error in tag 'include' - Valid syntax: include '[template]' (with|for) [object|collection]"
       inline_comment_invalid: "Syntax error in tag '#' - Each line of comments must be prefixed by the '#' character"
       invalid_delimiter: "'%{tag}' is not a valid delimiter for %{block_name} tags. use %{block_delimiter}"
+      invalid_template_encoding: "Invalid template encoding"
       render: "Syntax error in tag 'render' - Template name must be a quoted string"
       table_row: "Syntax Error in 'table_row loop' - Valid syntax: table_row [item] in [collection] cols=3"
+      table_row_invalid_attribute: "Invalid attribute '%{attribute}' in tablerow loop. Valid attributes are cols, limit, offset, and range"
       tag_never_closed: "'%{block_name}' tag was never closed"
       tag_termination: "Tag '%{token}' was not properly terminated with regexp: %{tag_end}"
       unexpected_else: "%{block_name} tag does not expect 'else' tag"

lib/liquid/parse_context.rb

@@ -3,14 +3,29 @@
 module Liquid
   class ParseContext
     attr_accessor :locale, :line_number, :trim_whitespace, :depth
-    attr_reader :partial, :warnings, :error_mode
+    attr_reader :partial, :warnings, :error_mode, :environment, :expression_cache, :string_scanner, :cursor
 
-    def initialize(options = {})
+    def initialize(options = Const::EMPTY_HASH)
+      @environment = options.fetch(:environment, Environment.default)
       @template_options = options ? options.dup : {}
 
       @locale   = @template_options[:locale] ||= I18n.new
       @warnings = []
 
+      # constructing new StringScanner in Lexer, Tokenizer, etc is expensive
+      # This StringScanner will be shared by all of them
+      @string_scanner = StringScanner.new("")
+
+      @expression_cache = if options[:expression_cache].nil?
+        {}
+      elsif options[:expression_cache].respond_to?(:[]) && options[:expression_cache].respond_to?(:[]=)
+        options[:expression_cache]
+      elsif options[:expression_cache]
+        {}
+      end
+
+      @cursor = Cursor.new("")
+
       self.depth   = 0
       self.partial = false
     end
@@ -23,19 +38,44 @@ module Liquid
       Liquid::BlockBody.new
     end
 
-    def new_tokenizer(markup, start_line_number: nil, for_liquid_tag: false)
-      Tokenizer.new(markup, line_number: start_line_number, for_liquid_tag: for_liquid_tag)
+    def new_parser(input)
+      @string_scanner.string = input
+      Parser.new(@string_scanner)
     end
 
-    def parse_expression(markup)
-      Expression.parse(markup)
+    def new_tokenizer(source, start_line_number: nil, for_liquid_tag: false)
+      Tokenizer.new(
+        source: source,
+        string_scanner: @string_scanner,
+        line_number: start_line_number,
+        for_liquid_tag: for_liquid_tag,
+      )
+    end
+
+    def safe_parse_expression(parser)
+      Expression.safe_parse(parser, @string_scanner, @expression_cache)
+    end
+
+    def parse_expression(markup, safe: false)
+      if !safe && @error_mode == :strict2
+        # parse_expression is a widely used API. To maintain backward
+        # compatibility while raising awareness about strict2 parser standards,
+        # the safe flag supports API users make a deliberate decision.
+        #
+        # In strict2 mode, markup MUST come from a string returned by the parser
+        # (e.g., parser.expression). We're not calling the parser here to
+        # prevent redundant parser overhead.
+        raise Liquid::InternalError, "unsafe parse_expression cannot be used in strict2 mode"
+      end
+
+      Expression.parse(markup, @string_scanner, @expression_cache)
     end
 
     def partial=(value)
       @partial = value
       @options = value ? partial_options : @template_options
 
-      @error_mode = @options[:error_mode] || Template.error_mode
+      @error_mode = @options[:error_mode] || @environment.error_mode
     end
 
     def partial_options

lib/liquid/parse_tree_visitor.rb

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module Liquid
     protected
 
     def children
-      @node.respond_to?(:nodelist) ? Array(@node.nodelist) : []
+      @node.respond_to?(:nodelist) ? Array(@node.nodelist) : Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
     end
   end
 end

lib/liquid/parser.rb

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 module Liquid
   class Parser
     def initialize(input)
-      l       = Lexer.new(input)
-      @tokens = l.tokenize
+      ss = input.is_a?(StringScanner) ? input : StringScanner.new(input)
+      @tokens = Lexer.tokenize(ss)
       @p      = 0 # pointer to current location
     end
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module Liquid
         str = consume
         str << variable_lookups
       when :open_square
-        str = consume
+        str = consume.dup
         str << expression
         str << consume(:close_square)
         str << variable_lookups
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def variable_lookups
+      # Fast path: no lookups at all (most common case for simple identifiers)
+      return "" unless look(:dot) || look(:open_square)
+
       str = +""
       loop do
         if look(:open_square)

lib/liquid/parser_switching.rb

@@ -2,10 +2,25 @@
 
 module Liquid
   module ParserSwitching
+    # Do not use this.
+    #
+    # It's basically doing the same thing the {#parse_with_selected_parser},
+    # except this will try the strict parser regardless of the error mode,
+    # and fall back to the lax parser if the error mode is lax or warn,
+    # except when in strict2 mode where it uses the strict2 parser.
+    #
+    # @deprecated Use {#parse_with_selected_parser} instead.
     def strict_parse_with_error_mode_fallback(markup)
+      return strict2_parse_with_error_context(markup) if strict2_mode?
+
       strict_parse_with_error_context(markup)
     rescue SyntaxError => e
       case parse_context.error_mode
+      when :rigid
+        rigid_warn
+        raise
+      when :strict2
+        raise
       when :strict
         raise
       when :warn
@@ -16,11 +31,13 @@ module Liquid
 
     def parse_with_selected_parser(markup)
       case parse_context.error_mode
-      when :strict then strict_parse_with_error_context(markup)
-      when :lax    then lax_parse(markup)
+      when :rigid   then rigid_warn && strict2_parse_with_error_context(markup)
+      when :strict2 then strict2_parse_with_error_context(markup)
+      when :strict  then strict_parse_with_error_context(markup)
+      when :lax     then lax_parse(markup)
       when :warn
         begin
-          strict_parse_with_error_context(markup)
+          strict2_parse_with_error_context(markup)
         rescue SyntaxError => e
           parse_context.warnings << e
           lax_parse(markup)
@@ -28,8 +45,24 @@ module Liquid
       end
     end
 
+    def strict2_mode?
+      parse_context.error_mode == :strict2 || parse_context.error_mode == :rigid
+    end
+
     private
 
+    def rigid_warn
+      Deprecations.warn(':rigid', ':strict2')
+    end
+
+    def strict2_parse_with_error_context(markup)
+      strict2_parse(markup)
+    rescue SyntaxError => e
+      e.line_number    = line_number
+      e.markup_context = markup_context(markup)
+      raise e
+    end
+
     def strict_parse_with_error_context(markup)
       strict_parse(markup)
     rescue SyntaxError => e

lib/liquid/range_lookup.rb

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 module Liquid
   class RangeLookup
-    def self.parse(start_markup, end_markup)
-      start_obj = Expression.parse(start_markup)
-      end_obj   = Expression.parse(end_markup)
+    def self.parse(start_markup, end_markup, string_scanner, cache = nil)
+      start_obj = Expression.parse(start_markup, string_scanner, cache)
+      end_obj   = Expression.parse(end_markup, string_scanner, cache)
       if start_obj.respond_to?(:evaluate) || end_obj.respond_to?(:evaluate)
         new(start_obj, end_obj)
       else

lib/liquid/registers.rb

@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ module Liquid
 
     def initialize(registers = {})
       @static = registers.is_a?(Registers) ? registers.static : registers
-      @changes = {}
+      @changes = nil
     end
 
     def []=(key, value)
-      @changes[key] = value
+      (@changes ||= {})[key] = value
     end
 
     def [](key)
-      if @changes.key?(key)
+      if @changes&.key?(key)
         @changes[key]
       else
         @static[key]
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def delete(key)
-      @changes.delete(key)
+      @changes&.delete(key)
     end
 
     UNDEFINED = Object.new
 
     def fetch(key, default = UNDEFINED, &block)
-      if @changes.key?(key)
+      if @changes&.key?(key)
         @changes.fetch(key)
       elsif default != UNDEFINED
         if block_given?
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def key?(key)
-      @changes.key?(key) || @static.key?(key)
+      @changes&.key?(key) || @static.key?(key)
     end
   end
 

lib/liquid/resource_limits.rb

@@ -2,24 +2,40 @@
 
 module Liquid
   class ResourceLimits
-    attr_accessor :render_length_limit, :render_score_limit, :assign_score_limit
-    attr_reader :render_score, :assign_score
+    attr_accessor :render_length_limit,
+      :render_score_limit,
+      :assign_score_limit,
+      :cumulative_render_score_limit,
+      :cumulative_assign_score_limit
+    attr_reader :render_score,
+      :assign_score,
+      :last_capture_length,
+      :cumulative_render_score,
+      :cumulative_assign_score
 
     def initialize(limits)
-      @render_length_limit = limits[:render_length_limit]
-      @render_score_limit  = limits[:render_score_limit]
-      @assign_score_limit  = limits[:assign_score_limit]
+      @render_length_limit           = limits[:render_length_limit]
+      @render_score_limit            = limits[:render_score_limit]
+      @assign_score_limit            = limits[:assign_score_limit]
+      @cumulative_render_score_limit = limits[:cumulative_render_score_limit]
+      @cumulative_assign_score_limit = limits[:cumulative_assign_score_limit]
+      @cumulative_render_score = 0
+      @cumulative_assign_score = 0
       reset
     end
 
     def increment_render_score(amount)
       @render_score += amount
+      @cumulative_render_score += amount
       raise_limits_reached if @render_score_limit && @render_score > @render_score_limit
+      raise_limits_reached if @cumulative_render_score_limit && @cumulative_render_score > @cumulative_render_score_limit
     end
 
     def increment_assign_score(amount)
       @assign_score += amount
+      @cumulative_assign_score += amount
       raise_limits_reached if @assign_score_limit && @assign_score > @assign_score_limit
+      raise_limits_reached if @cumulative_assign_score_limit && @cumulative_assign_score > @cumulative_assign_score_limit
     end
 
     # update either render_length or assign_score based on whether or not the writes are captured
@@ -47,6 +63,8 @@ module Liquid
       @reached_limit = false
       @last_capture_length = nil
       @render_score = @assign_score = 0
+      raise_limits_reached if @cumulative_render_score_limit && @cumulative_render_score > @cumulative_render_score_limit
+      raise_limits_reached if @cumulative_assign_score_limit && @cumulative_assign_score > @cumulative_assign_score_limit
     end
 
     def with_capture

lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb

@@ -3,16 +3,24 @@
 require 'cgi'
 require 'base64'
 require 'bigdecimal'
-
 module Liquid
   module StandardFilters
     MAX_I32 = (1 << 31) - 1
     private_constant :MAX_I32
 
-    MIN_I64 = -(1 << 63)
-    MAX_I64 = (1 << 63) - 1
-    I64_RANGE = MIN_I64..MAX_I64
-    private_constant :MIN_I64, :MAX_I64, :I64_RANGE
+    supports_64bit_indices = begin
+      [][1 << 33, 1 << 33]
+      true
+    rescue RangeError
+      false
+    end
+
+    INDEX_RANGE = if supports_64bit_indices
+      (-(1 << 63))..((1 << 63) - 1)
+    else
+      (-(1 << 31))..((1 << 31) - 1)
+    end
+    private_constant :INDEX_RANGE
 
     HTML_ESCAPE = {
       '&' => '&amp;',
@@ -29,6 +37,19 @@ module Liquid
     )
     STRIP_HTML_TAGS = /<.*?>/m
 
+    class << self
+      def try_coerce_encoding(input, encoding:)
+        original_encoding = input.encoding
+        if input.encoding != encoding
+          input.force_encoding(encoding)
+          unless input.valid_encoding?
+            input.force_encoding(original_encoding)
+          end
+        end
+        input
+      end
+    end
+
     # @liquid_public_docs
     # @liquid_type filter
     # @liquid_category array
@@ -51,7 +72,7 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | downcase
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def downcase(input)
-      input.to_s.downcase
+      Utils.to_s(input).downcase
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -62,7 +83,7 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | upcase
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def upcase(input)
-      input.to_s.upcase
+      Utils.to_s(input).upcase
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -73,7 +94,7 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | capitalize
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def capitalize(input)
-      input.to_s.capitalize
+      Utils.to_s(input).capitalize
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -84,7 +105,7 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | escape
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def escape(input)
-      CGI.escapeHTML(input.to_s) unless input.nil?
+      CGI.escapeHTML(Utils.to_s(input)) unless input.nil?
     end
     alias_method :h, :escape
 
@@ -96,7 +117,7 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | escape_once
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def escape_once(input)
-      input.to_s.gsub(HTML_ESCAPE_ONCE_REGEXP, HTML_ESCAPE)
+      Utils.to_s(input).gsub(HTML_ESCAPE_ONCE_REGEXP, HTML_ESCAPE)
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -111,7 +132,7 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | url_encode
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def url_encode(input)
-      CGI.escape(input.to_s) unless input.nil?
+      CGI.escape(Utils.to_s(input)) unless input.nil?
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -125,7 +146,7 @@ module Liquid
     def url_decode(input)
       return if input.nil?
 
-      result = CGI.unescape(input.to_s)
+      result = CGI.unescape(Utils.to_s(input))
       raise Liquid::ArgumentError, "invalid byte sequence in #{result.encoding}" unless result.valid_encoding?
 
       result
@@ -139,7 +160,7 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | base64_encode
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def base64_encode(input)
-      Base64.strict_encode64(input.to_s)
+      Base64.strict_encode64(Utils.to_s(input))
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -150,7 +171,8 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | base64_decode
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def base64_decode(input)
-      Base64.strict_decode64(input.to_s)
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      StandardFilters.try_coerce_encoding(Base64.strict_decode64(input), encoding: input.encoding)
     rescue ::ArgumentError
       raise Liquid::ArgumentError, "invalid base64 provided to base64_decode"
     end
@@ -163,7 +185,7 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | base64_url_safe_encode
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def base64_url_safe_encode(input)
-      Base64.urlsafe_encode64(input.to_s)
+      Base64.urlsafe_encode64(Utils.to_s(input))
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -174,7 +196,8 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | base64_url_safe_decode
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def base64_url_safe_decode(input)
-      Base64.urlsafe_decode64(input.to_s)
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      StandardFilters.try_coerce_encoding(Base64.urlsafe_decode64(input), encoding: input.encoding)
     rescue ::ArgumentError
       raise Liquid::ArgumentError, "invalid base64 provided to base64_url_safe_decode"
     end
@@ -197,14 +220,14 @@ module Liquid
         if input.is_a?(Array)
           input.slice(offset, length) || []
         else
-          input.to_s.slice(offset, length) || ''
+          Utils.to_s(input).slice(offset, length) || ''
         end
       rescue RangeError
-        if I64_RANGE.cover?(length) && I64_RANGE.cover?(offset)
+        if INDEX_RANGE.cover?(length) && INDEX_RANGE.cover?(offset)
           raise # unexpected error
         end
-        offset = offset.clamp(I64_RANGE)
-        length = length.clamp(I64_RANGE)
+        offset = offset.clamp(INDEX_RANGE)
+        length = length.clamp(INDEX_RANGE)
         retry
       end
     end
@@ -221,10 +244,10 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def truncate(input, length = 50, truncate_string = "...")
       return if input.nil?
-      input_str = input.to_s
+      input_str = Utils.to_s(input)
       length    = Utils.to_integer(length)
 
-      truncate_string_str = truncate_string.to_s
+      truncate_string_str = Utils.to_s(truncate_string)
 
       l = length - truncate_string_str.length
       l = 0 if l < 0
@@ -248,21 +271,75 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def truncatewords(input, words = 15, truncate_string = "...")
       return if input.nil?
-      input = input.to_s
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
       words = Utils.to_integer(words)
       words = 1 if words <= 0
 
-      wordlist = begin
-        input.split(" ", words + 1)
-      rescue RangeError
-        # integer too big for String#split, but we can semantically assume no truncation is needed
-        return input if words + 1 > MAX_I32
-        raise # unexpected error
-      end
-      return input if wordlist.length <= words
+      return input if words + 1 > MAX_I32
 
-      wordlist.pop
-      wordlist.join(" ").concat(truncate_string.to_s)
+      # Scan words tracking byte positions; build the normalized (single-space)
+      # result string only when truncation is actually needed.
+      len = input.bytesize
+      pos = 0
+      word_count = 0
+      # Flat array of [start, end, start, end, ...] for up to `words` words.
+      # Avoids allocating a result string in the common no-truncation case.
+      positions = []
+
+      # Skip leading whitespace
+      while pos < len
+        break unless ByteTables::WHITESPACE[input.getbyte(pos)]
+        pos += 1
+      end
+
+      while pos < len
+        word_start = pos
+        word_count += 1
+
+        # Scan to end of word
+        while pos < len
+          break if ByteTables::WHITESPACE[input.getbyte(pos)]
+          pos += 1
+        end
+
+        if word_count <= words
+          positions.push(word_start, pos) # [start, end, start, end, ...]
+        else
+          # Truncation confirmed — build normalized result from stored positions
+          result = +input.byteslice(positions[0], positions[1] - positions[0])
+          i = 2
+          while i < positions.length
+            result << " " << input.byteslice(positions[i], positions[i + 1] - positions[i])
+            i += 2
+          end
+          return result << Utils.to_s(truncate_string)
+        end
+
+        # Skip whitespace between words
+        while pos < len
+          break unless ByteTables::WHITESPACE[input.getbyte(pos)]
+          pos += 1
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Fewer words than requested — no truncation needed, return original unchanged.
+      return input if word_count < words
+
+      # Exactly `words` words. Ruby's split(" ", words+1) would produce a words+1-th
+      # empty element when input has trailing whitespace, triggering the truncation path.
+      # Match that behaviour: if the input ends with whitespace, normalize and append
+      # truncate_string even though no word was cut.
+      if len > 0 && ByteTables::WHITESPACE[input.getbyte(len - 1)]
+        result = +input.byteslice(positions[0], positions[1] - positions[0])
+        i = 2
+        while i < positions.length
+          result << " " << input.byteslice(positions[i], positions[i + 1] - positions[i])
+          i += 2
+        end
+        return result << Utils.to_s(truncate_string)
+      end
+
+      input
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -273,7 +350,22 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | split: string
     # @liquid_return [array[string]]
     def split(input, pattern)
-      input.to_s.split(pattern.to_s)
+      pattern = Utils.to_s(pattern)
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      input.split(pattern)
+    end
+
+    # @liquid_public_docs
+    # @liquid_type filter
+    # @liquid_category string
+    # @liquid_summary
+    #   Removes leading and trailing whitespace and collapses consecutive whitespace to a single space.
+    # @liquid_syntax string | squish
+    # @liquid_return [string]
+    def squish(input)
+      return if input.nil?
+
+      Utils.to_s(input).strip.gsub(/\s+/, ' ')
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -284,7 +376,8 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | strip
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def strip(input)
-      input.to_s.strip
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      input.strip
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -295,7 +388,8 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | lstrip
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def lstrip(input)
-      input.to_s.lstrip
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      input.lstrip
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -306,7 +400,8 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | rstrip
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def rstrip(input)
-      input.to_s.rstrip
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      input.rstrip
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -317,8 +412,9 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | strip_html
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def strip_html(input)
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
       empty  = ''
-      result = input.to_s.gsub(STRIP_HTML_BLOCKS, empty)
+      result = input.gsub(STRIP_HTML_BLOCKS, empty)
       result.gsub!(STRIP_HTML_TAGS, empty)
       result
     end
@@ -331,7 +427,8 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | strip_newlines
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def strip_newlines(input)
-      input.to_s.gsub(/\r?\n/, '')
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      input.gsub(/\r?\n/, '')
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -342,6 +439,7 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax array | join
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def join(input, glue = ' ')
+      glue = Utils.to_s(glue)
       InputIterator.new(input, context).join(glue)
     end
 
@@ -409,29 +507,59 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax array | where: string, string
     # @liquid_return [array[untyped]]
     def where(input, property, target_value = nil)
-      ary = InputIterator.new(input, context)
+      filter_array(input, property, target_value) { |ary, &block| ary.select(&block) }
+    end
 
-      if ary.empty?
-        []
-      elsif target_value.nil?
-        ary.select do |item|
-          item[property]
-        rescue TypeError
-          raise_property_error(property)
-        rescue NoMethodError
-          return nil unless item.respond_to?(:[])
-          raise
-        end
-      else
-        ary.select do |item|
-          item[property] == target_value
-        rescue TypeError
-          raise_property_error(property)
-        rescue NoMethodError
-          return nil unless item.respond_to?(:[])
-          raise
-        end
-      end
+    # @liquid_public_docs
+    # @liquid_type filter
+    # @liquid_category array
+    # @liquid_summary
+    #   Filters an array to exclude items with a specific property value.
+    # @liquid_description
+    #   This requires you to provide both the property name and the associated value.
+    # @liquid_syntax array | reject: string, string
+    # @liquid_return [array[untyped]]
+    def reject(input, property, target_value = nil)
+      filter_array(input, property, target_value) { |ary, &block| ary.reject(&block) }
+    end
+
+    # @liquid_public_docs
+    # @liquid_type filter
+    # @liquid_category array
+    # @liquid_summary
+    #   Tests if any item in an array has a specific property value.
+    # @liquid_description
+    #   This requires you to provide both the property name and the associated value.
+    # @liquid_syntax array | has: string, string
+    # @liquid_return [boolean]
+    def has(input, property, target_value = nil)
+      filter_array(input, property, target_value, false) { |ary, &block| ary.any?(&block) }
+    end
+
+    # @liquid_public_docs
+    # @liquid_type filter
+    # @liquid_category array
+    # @liquid_summary
+    #   Returns the first item in an array with a specific property value.
+    # @liquid_description
+    #   This requires you to provide both the property name and the associated value.
+    # @liquid_syntax array | find: string, string
+    # @liquid_return [untyped]
+    def find(input, property, target_value = nil)
+      filter_array(input, property, target_value, nil) { |ary, &block| ary.find(&block) }
+    end
+
+    # @liquid_public_docs
+    # @liquid_type filter
+    # @liquid_category array
+    # @liquid_summary
+    #   Returns the index of the first item in an array with a specific property value.
+    # @liquid_description
+    #   This requires you to provide both the property name and the associated value.
+    # @liquid_syntax array | find_index: string, string
+    # @liquid_return [number]
+    def find_index(input, property, target_value = nil)
+      filter_array(input, property, target_value, nil) { |ary, &block| ary.find_index(&block) }
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -528,7 +656,10 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | replace: string, string
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def replace(input, string, replacement = '')
-      input.to_s.gsub(string.to_s, replacement.to_s)
+      string = Utils.to_s(string)
+      replacement = Utils.to_s(replacement)
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      input.gsub(string, replacement)
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -539,7 +670,10 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | replace_first: string, string
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def replace_first(input, string, replacement = '')
-      input.to_s.sub(string.to_s, replacement.to_s)
+      string = Utils.to_s(string)
+      replacement = Utils.to_s(replacement)
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      input.sub(string, replacement)
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -550,9 +684,9 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | replace_last: string, string
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def replace_last(input, string, replacement)
-      input = input.to_s
-      string = string.to_s
-      replacement = replacement.to_s
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      string = Utils.to_s(string)
+      replacement = Utils.to_s(replacement)
 
       start_index = input.rindex(string)
 
@@ -604,7 +738,9 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | append: string
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def append(input, string)
-      input.to_s + string.to_s
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      string = Utils.to_s(string)
+      input + string
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -633,7 +769,9 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | prepend: string
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def prepend(input, string)
-      string.to_s + input.to_s
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      string = Utils.to_s(string)
+      string + input
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -644,10 +782,20 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax string | newline_to_br
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def newline_to_br(input)
-      input.to_s.gsub(/\r?\n/, "<br />\n")
+      input = Utils.to_s(input)
+      input.gsub(/\r?\n/, "<br />\n")
     end
 
-    # Reformat a date using Ruby's core Time#strftime( string ) -> string
+    # @liquid_public_docs
+    # @liquid_type filter
+    # @liquid_category date
+    # @liquid_summary
+    #   Formats a date according to a specified format string.
+    # @liquid_description
+    #   This filter formats a date using various format specifiers. If the format string is empty,
+    #   the original input is returned. If the input cannot be converted to a date, the original input is returned.
+    #
+    #   The following format specifiers can be used:
     #
     #   %a - The abbreviated weekday name (``Sun'')
     #   %A - The  full  weekday  name (``Sunday'')
@@ -676,14 +824,15 @@ module Liquid
     #   %Y - Year with century
     #   %Z - Time zone name
     #   %% - Literal ``%'' character
-    #
-    #   See also: http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/Time.html#method-i-strftime
+    # @liquid_syntax date | date: string
+    # @liquid_return [string]
     def date(input, format)
-      return input if format.to_s.empty?
+      str_format = Utils.to_s(format)
+      return input if str_format.empty?
 
       return input unless (date = Utils.to_date(input))
 
-      date.strftime(format.to_s)
+      date.strftime(str_format)
     end
 
     # @liquid_public_docs
@@ -694,6 +843,8 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax array | first
     # @liquid_return [untyped]
     def first(array)
+      # ActiveSupport returns "" for empty strings, not nil
+      return array[0] || "" if array.is_a?(String)
       array.first if array.respond_to?(:first)
     end
 
@@ -705,6 +856,8 @@ module Liquid
     # @liquid_syntax array | last
     # @liquid_return [untyped]
     def last(array)
+      # ActiveSupport returns "" for empty strings, not nil
+      return array[-1] || "" if array.is_a?(String)
       array.last if array.respond_to?(:last)
     end
 
@@ -862,7 +1015,7 @@ module Liquid
     #   - [`nil`](/docs/api/liquid/basics#nil)
     # @liquid_syntax variable | default: variable
     # @liquid_return [untyped]
-    # @liquid_optional_param allow_false [boolean] Whether to use false values instead of the default.
+    # @liquid_optional_param allow_false: [boolean] Whether to use false values instead of the default.
     def default(input, default_value = '', options = {})
       options = {} unless options.is_a?(Hash)
       false_check = options['allow_false'] ? input.nil? : !Liquid::Utils.to_liquid_value(input)
@@ -892,17 +1045,38 @@ module Liquid
         raise_property_error(property)
       end
 
-      InputIterator.new(values_for_sum, context).sum do |item|
+      result = InputIterator.new(values_for_sum, context).sum do |item|
         Utils.to_number(item)
       end
+
+      result.is_a?(BigDecimal) ? result.to_f : result
     end
 
     private
 
     attr_reader :context
 
+    def filter_array(input, property, target_value, default_value = [], &block)
+      ary = InputIterator.new(input, context)
+
+      return default_value if ary.empty?
+
+      block.call(ary) do |item|
+        if target_value.nil?
+          item[property]
+        else
+          item[property] == target_value
+        end
+      rescue TypeError
+        raise_property_error(property)
+      rescue NoMethodError
+        return nil unless item.respond_to?(:[])
+        raise
+      end
+    end
+
     def raise_property_error(property)
-      raise Liquid::ArgumentError, "cannot select the property '#{property}'"
+      raise Liquid::ArgumentError, "cannot select the property '#{Utils.to_s(property)}'"
     end
 
     def apply_operation(input, operand, operation)
@@ -927,6 +1101,8 @@ module Liquid
     def nil_safe_casecmp(a, b)
       if !a.nil? && !b.nil?
         a.to_s.casecmp(b.to_s)
+      elsif a.nil? && b.nil?
+        0
       else
         a.nil? ? 1 : -1
       end
@@ -949,7 +1125,18 @@ module Liquid
       end
 
       def join(glue)
-        to_a.join(glue.to_s)
+        first = true
+        output = +""
+        each do |item|
+          if first
+            first = false
+          else
+            output << glue
+          end
+
+          output << Liquid::Utils.to_s(item)
+        end
+        output
       end
 
       def concat(args)
@@ -961,7 +1148,10 @@ module Liquid
       end
 
       def uniq(&block)
-        to_a.uniq(&block)
+        to_a.uniq do |item|
+          item = Utils.to_liquid_value(item)
+          block ? yield(item) : item
+        end
       end
 
       def compact
@@ -982,6 +1172,4 @@ module Liquid
       end
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_filter(StandardFilters)
 end

lib/liquid/strainer_factory.rb

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-module Liquid
-  # StrainerFactory is the factory for the filters system.
-  module StrainerFactory
-    extend self
-
-    def add_global_filter(filter)
-      strainer_class_cache.clear
-      GlobalCache.add_filter(filter)
-    end
-
-    def create(context, filters = [])
-      strainer_from_cache(filters).new(context)
-    end
-
-    def global_filter_names
-      GlobalCache.filter_method_names
-    end
-
-    GlobalCache = Class.new(StrainerTemplate)
-
-    private
-
-    def strainer_from_cache(filters)
-      if filters.empty?
-        GlobalCache
-      else
-        strainer_class_cache[filters] ||= begin
-          klass = Class.new(GlobalCache)
-          filters.each { |f| klass.add_filter(f) }
-          klass
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    def strainer_class_cache
-      @strainer_class_cache ||= {}
-    end
-  end
-end

lib/liquid/strainer_template.rb

@@ -58,5 +58,31 @@ module Liquid
     rescue ::ArgumentError => e
       raise Liquid::ArgumentError, e.message, e.backtrace
     end
+
+    # Arity-specialized filter invocation.
+    # Avoids *args splat allocation for the common 0-arg and 1-arg cases.
+    # `invoke` (general case) still uses *args for 2+ extra arguments.
+    {
+      invoke_single: ['input'],
+      invoke_two: ['input', 'arg1'],
+    }.each do |method_name, params|
+      all_params = (["method"] + params).join(", ")
+      send_params = params.join(", ")
+      # __LINE__ + 1 is a parse-time constant; both generated methods will report
+      # the same file:line in backtraces. The method name in the trace distinguishes them.
+      module_eval(<<~RUBY, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1)
+        def #{method_name}(#{all_params})
+          if self.class.invokable?(method)
+            send(method, #{send_params})
+          elsif @context.strict_filters
+            raise Liquid::UndefinedFilter, "undefined filter \#{method}"
+          else
+            input
+          end
+        rescue ::ArgumentError => e
+          raise Liquid::ArgumentError, e.message, e.backtrace
+        end
+      RUBY
+    end
   end
 end

lib/liquid/tag.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
+require 'liquid/tag/disabler'
+require 'liquid/tag/disableable'
+
 module Liquid
   class Tag
     attr_reader :nodelist, :tag_name, :line_number, :parse_context
@@ -54,7 +57,8 @@ module Liquid
     # of the `render_to_output_buffer` method will become the default and the `render`
     # method will be removed.
     def render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
-      output << render(context)
+      render_result = render(context)
+      output << render_result if render_result
       output
     end
 
@@ -64,8 +68,12 @@ module Liquid
 
     private
 
-    def parse_expression(markup)
-      parse_context.parse_expression(markup)
+    def safe_parse_expression(parser)
+      parse_context.safe_parse_expression(parser)
+    end
+
+    def parse_expression(markup, safe: false)
+      parse_context.parse_expression(markup, safe: safe)
     end
   end
 end

lib/liquid/tags.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative "tags/table_row"
+require_relative "tags/echo"
+require_relative "tags/if"
+require_relative "tags/break"
+require_relative "tags/inline_comment"
+require_relative "tags/for"
+require_relative "tags/assign"
+require_relative "tags/ifchanged"
+require_relative "tags/case"
+require_relative "tags/include"
+require_relative "tags/continue"
+require_relative "tags/capture"
+require_relative "tags/decrement"
+require_relative "tags/unless"
+require_relative "tags/increment"
+require_relative "tags/comment"
+require_relative "tags/raw"
+require_relative "tags/render"
+require_relative "tags/cycle"
+require_relative "tags/doc"
+
+module Liquid
+  module Tags
+    STANDARD_TAGS = {
+      'cycle' => Cycle,
+      'render' => Render,
+      'raw' => Raw,
+      'comment' => Comment,
+      'increment' => Increment,
+      'unless' => Unless,
+      'decrement' => Decrement,
+      'capture' => Capture,
+      'continue' => Continue,
+      'include' => Include,
+      'case' => Case,
+      'ifchanged' => Ifchanged,
+      'assign' => Assign,
+      'for' => For,
+      '#' => InlineComment,
+      'break' => Break,
+      'if' => If,
+      'echo' => Echo,
+      'tablerow' => TableRow,
+      'doc' => Doc,
+    }.freeze
+  end
+end

lib/liquid/tags/assign.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ module Liquid
   #   Creates a new variable.
   # @liquid_description
   #   You can create variables of any [basic type](/docs/api/liquid/basics#types), [object](/docs/api/liquid/objects), or object property.
+  #
+  #   > Caution:
+  #   > Predefined Liquid objects can be overridden by variables with the same name.
+  #   > To make sure that you can access all Liquid objects, make sure that your variable name doesn't match a predefined object's name.
   # @liquid_syntax
   #   {% assign variable_name = value %}
   # @liquid_syntax_keyword variable_name The name of the variable being created.
@@ -72,6 +76,4 @@ module Liquid
       end
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('assign', Assign)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/break.rb

@@ -26,6 +26,4 @@ module Liquid
       output
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('break', Break)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/capture.rb

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ module Liquid
   #   Creates a new variable with a string value.
   # @liquid_description
   #   You can create complex strings with Liquid logic and variables.
+  #
+  #   > Caution:
+  #   > Predefined Liquid objects can be overridden by variables with the same name.
+  #   > To make sure that you can access all Liquid objects, make sure that your variable name doesn't match a predefined object's name.
   # @liquid_syntax
   #   {% capture variable %}
   #     value
@@ -39,6 +43,4 @@ module Liquid
       true
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('capture', Capture)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/case.rb

@@ -31,12 +31,7 @@ module Liquid
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, options)
       super
       @blocks = []
-
-      if markup =~ Syntax
-        @left = parse_expression(Regexp.last_match(1))
-      else
-        raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.case")
-      end
+      parse_with_selected_parser(markup)
     end
 
     def parse(tokens)
@@ -91,9 +86,50 @@ module Liquid
 
     private
 
+    def strict2_parse(markup)
+      parser = @parse_context.new_parser(markup)
+      @left = safe_parse_expression(parser)
+      parser.consume(:end_of_string)
+    end
+
+    def strict_parse(markup)
+      lax_parse(markup)
+    end
+
+    def lax_parse(markup)
+      if markup =~ Syntax
+        @left = parse_expression(Regexp.last_match(1))
+      else
+        raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.case")
+      end
+    end
+
     def record_when_condition(markup)
       body = new_body
 
+      if strict2_mode?
+        parse_strict2_when(markup, body)
+      else
+        parse_lax_when(markup, body)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def parse_strict2_when(markup, body)
+      parser = @parse_context.new_parser(markup)
+
+      loop do
+        expr = Condition.parse_expression(parse_context, parser.expression, safe: true)
+        block = Condition.new(@left, '==', expr)
+        block.attach(body)
+        @blocks << block
+
+        break unless parser.id?('or') || parser.consume?(:comma)
+      end
+
+      parser.consume(:end_of_string)
+    end
+
+    def parse_lax_when(markup, body)
       while markup
         unless markup =~ WhenSyntax
           raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.case_invalid_when")
@@ -123,6 +159,4 @@ module Liquid
       end
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('case', Case)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/comment.rb

@@ -25,7 +25,64 @@ module Liquid
     def blank?
       true
     end
-  end
 
-  Template.register_tag('comment', Comment)
+    private
+
+    def parse_body(body, tokenizer)
+      if parse_context.depth >= MAX_DEPTH
+        raise StackLevelError, "Nesting too deep"
+      end
+
+      parse_context.depth += 1
+      comment_tag_depth = 1
+
+      begin
+        # Consume tokens without creating child nodes.
+        # The children tag doesn't require to be a valid Liquid except the comment and raw tag.
+        # The child comment and raw tag must be closed.
+        while (token = tokenizer.send(:shift))
+          tag_name = if tokenizer.for_liquid_tag
+            next if token.empty? || token.match?(BlockBody::WhitespaceOrNothing)
+
+            tag_name_match = BlockBody::LiquidTagToken.match(token)
+
+            next if tag_name_match.nil?
+
+            tag_name_match[1]
+          else
+            token =~ BlockBody::FullToken
+            Regexp.last_match(2)
+          end
+
+          case tag_name
+          when "raw"
+            parse_raw_tag_body(tokenizer)
+          when "comment"
+            comment_tag_depth += 1
+          when "endcomment"
+            comment_tag_depth -= 1
+          end
+
+          if comment_tag_depth.zero?
+            parse_context.trim_whitespace = (token[-3] == WhitespaceControl) unless tokenizer.for_liquid_tag
+            return false
+          end
+        end
+
+        raise_tag_never_closed(block_name)
+      ensure
+        parse_context.depth -= 1
+      end
+
+      false
+    end
+
+    def parse_raw_tag_body(tokenizer)
+      while (token = tokenizer.send(:shift))
+        return if token =~ BlockBody::FullTokenPossiblyInvalid && "endraw" == Regexp.last_match(2)
+      end
+
+      raise_tag_never_closed("raw")
+    end
+  end
 end

lib/liquid/tags/continue.rb

@@ -17,6 +17,4 @@ module Liquid
       output
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('continue', Continue)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/cycle.rb

@@ -17,21 +17,17 @@ module Liquid
   class Cycle < Tag
     SimpleSyntax = /\A#{QuotedFragment}+/o
     NamedSyntax  = /\A(#{QuotedFragment})\s*\:\s*(.*)/om
+    UNNAMED_CYCLE_PATTERN = /\w+:0x\h{8}/
 
     attr_reader :variables
 
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, options)
       super
-      case markup
-      when NamedSyntax
-        @variables = variables_from_string(Regexp.last_match(2))
-        @name      = parse_expression(Regexp.last_match(1))
-      when SimpleSyntax
-        @variables = variables_from_string(markup)
-        @name      = @variables.to_s
-      else
-        raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.cycle")
-      end
+      parse_with_selected_parser(markup)
+    end
+
+    def named?
+      @is_named
     end
 
     def render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
@@ -59,19 +55,86 @@ module Liquid
 
     private
 
+    # cycle [name:] expression(, expression)*
+    def strict2_parse(markup)
+      p = @parse_context.new_parser(markup)
+
+      @variables = []
+
+      raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.cycle") if p.look(:end_of_string)
+
+      first_expression = safe_parse_expression(p)
+      if p.look(:colon)
+        # cycle name: expr1, expr2, ...
+        @name = first_expression
+        @is_named = true
+        p.consume(:colon)
+        # After the colon, parse the first variable (required for named cycles)
+        @variables << maybe_dup_lookup(safe_parse_expression(p))
+      else
+        # cycle expr1, expr2, ...
+        @variables << maybe_dup_lookup(first_expression)
+      end
+
+      # Parse remaining comma-separated expressions
+      while p.consume?(:comma)
+        break if p.look(:end_of_string)
+
+        @variables << maybe_dup_lookup(safe_parse_expression(p))
+      end
+
+      p.consume(:end_of_string)
+
+      unless @is_named
+        @name = @variables.to_s
+        @is_named = !@name.match?(UNNAMED_CYCLE_PATTERN)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def strict_parse(markup)
+      lax_parse(markup)
+    end
+
+    def lax_parse(markup)
+      case markup
+      when NamedSyntax
+        @variables = variables_from_string(Regexp.last_match(2))
+        @name      = parse_expression(Regexp.last_match(1))
+        @is_named = true
+      when SimpleSyntax
+        @variables = variables_from_string(markup)
+        @name      = @variables.to_s
+        @is_named = !@name.match?(UNNAMED_CYCLE_PATTERN)
+      else
+        raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.cycle")
+      end
+    end
+
     def variables_from_string(markup)
       markup.split(',').collect do |var|
         var =~ /\s*(#{QuotedFragment})\s*/o
-        Regexp.last_match(1) ? parse_expression(Regexp.last_match(1)) : nil
+        next unless Regexp.last_match(1)
+
+        var = parse_expression(Regexp.last_match(1))
+        maybe_dup_lookup(var)
       end.compact
     end
 
+    # For backwards compatibility, whenever a lookup is used in an unnamed cycle,
+    # we make it so that the @variables.to_s produces different strings for cycles
+    # called with the same arguments (since @variables.to_s is used as the cycle counter key)
+    # This makes it so {% cycle a, b %} and {% cycle a, b %} have independent counters even if a and b share value.
+    # This is not true for literal values, {% cycle "a", "b" %} and {% cycle "a", "b" %} share the same counter.
+    # I was really scratching my head about this one, but migrating away from this would be more headache
+    # than it's worth. So we're keeping this quirk for now.
+    def maybe_dup_lookup(var)
+      var.is_a?(VariableLookup) ? var.dup : var
+    end
+
     class ParseTreeVisitor < Liquid::ParseTreeVisitor
       def children
         Array(@node.variables)
       end
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('cycle', Cycle)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/decrement.rb

@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ module Liquid
   # @liquid_name decrement
   # @liquid_summary
   #   Creates a new variable, with a default value of -1, that's decreased by 1 with each subsequent call.
+  #
+  #   > Caution:
+  #   > Predefined Liquid objects can be overridden by variables with the same name.
+  #   > To make sure that you can access all Liquid objects, make sure that your variable name doesn't match a predefined object's name.
   # @liquid_description
   #   Variables that are declared with `decrement` are unique to the [layout](/themes/architecture/layouts), [template](/themes/architecture/templates),
   #   or [section](/themes/architecture/sections) file that they're created in. However, the variable is shared across
-  #   [snippets](/themes/architecture#snippets) included in the file.
+  #   [snippets](/themes/architecture/snippets) included in the file.
   #
   #   Similarly, variables that are created with `decrement` are independent from those created with [`assign`](/docs/api/liquid/tags/assign)
   #   and [`capture`](/docs/api/liquid/tags/capture). However, `decrement` and [`increment`](/docs/api/liquid/tags/increment) share
@@ -35,6 +39,4 @@ module Liquid
       output
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('decrement', Decrement)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/doc.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Liquid
+  # @liquid_public_docs
+  # @liquid_type tag
+  # @liquid_category syntax
+  # @liquid_name doc
+  # @liquid_summary
+  #   Documents template elements with annotations.
+  # @liquid_description
+  #   The `doc` tag allows developers to include documentation within Liquid
+  #   templates. Any content inside `doc` tags is not rendered or outputted.
+  #   Liquid code inside will be parsed but not executed. This facilitates
+  #   tooling support for features like code completion, linting, and inline
+  #   documentation.
+  #
+  #   For detailed documentation syntax and examples, see the
+  #   [`LiquidDoc` reference](/docs/storefronts/themes/tools/liquid-doc).
+  #
+  # @liquid_syntax
+  #   {% doc %}
+  #     Renders a message.
+  #
+  #     @param {string} foo - A string value.
+  #     @param {string} [bar] - An optional string value.
+  #
+  #     @example
+  #     {% render 'message', foo: 'Hello', bar: 'World' %}
+  #   {% enddoc %}
+  class Doc < Block
+    NO_UNEXPECTED_ARGS = /\A\s*\z/
+
+    def initialize(tag_name, markup, parse_context)
+      super
+      ensure_valid_markup(tag_name, markup, parse_context)
+    end
+
+    def parse(tokens)
+      @body = +""
+
+      while (token = tokens.shift)
+        tag_name = token =~ BlockBody::FullTokenPossiblyInvalid && Regexp.last_match(2)
+
+        raise_nested_doc_error if tag_name == @tag_name
+
+        if tag_name == block_delimiter
+          parse_context.trim_whitespace = (token[-3] == WhitespaceControl)
+          @body << Regexp.last_match(1) if Regexp.last_match(1) != ""
+          return
+        end
+        @body << token unless token.empty?
+      end
+
+      raise_tag_never_closed(block_name)
+    end
+
+    def render_to_output_buffer(_context, output)
+      output
+    end
+
+    def blank?
+      @body.empty?
+    end
+
+    def nodelist
+      [@body]
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def ensure_valid_markup(tag_name, markup, parse_context)
+      unless NO_UNEXPECTED_ARGS.match?(markup)
+        raise SyntaxError, parse_context.locale.t("errors.syntax.block_tag_unexpected_args", tag: tag_name)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def raise_nested_doc_error
+      raise SyntaxError, parse_context.locale.t("errors.syntax.doc_invalid_nested")
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/liquid/tags/echo.rb

@@ -36,6 +36,4 @@ module Liquid
       end
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('echo', Echo)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/for.rb

@@ -20,13 +20,11 @@ module Liquid
   # @liquid_syntax_keyword variable The current item in the array.
   # @liquid_syntax_keyword array The array to iterate over.
   # @liquid_syntax_keyword expression The expression to render for each iteration.
-  # @liquid_optional_param limit [number] The number of iterations to perform.
-  # @liquid_optional_param offset [number] The 1-based index to start iterating at.
+  # @liquid_optional_param limit: [number] The number of iterations to perform.
+  # @liquid_optional_param offset: [number] The 1-based index to start iterating at.
   # @liquid_optional_param range [untyped] A custom numeric range to iterate over.
   # @liquid_optional_param reversed [untyped] Iterate in reverse order.
   class For < Block
-    Syntax = /\A(#{VariableSegment}+)\s+in\s+(#{QuotedFragment}+)\s*(reversed)?/o
-
     attr_reader :collection_name, :variable_name, :limit, :from
 
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, options)
@@ -72,28 +70,62 @@ module Liquid
 
     protected
 
+    # Fast byte-level parser for "var in collection [reversed] [limit:N] [offset:N]"
     def lax_parse(markup)
-      if markup =~ Syntax
-        @variable_name   = Regexp.last_match(1)
-        collection_name  = Regexp.last_match(2)
-        @reversed        = !!Regexp.last_match(3)
-        @name            = "#{@variable_name}-#{collection_name}"
-        @collection_name = parse_expression(collection_name)
-        markup.scan(TagAttributes) do |key, value|
-          set_attribute(key, value)
+      c = @parse_context.cursor
+      c.reset(markup)
+      c.skip_ws
+
+      # Parse variable name
+      var_start = c.pos
+      var_len = c.skip_id
+      raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.for") if var_len == 0
+      @variable_name = c.slice(var_start, var_len)
+
+      # Expect "in"
+      c.skip_ws
+      raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.for") unless c.expect_id("in")
+      c.skip_ws
+
+      # Parse collection name
+      col_start = c.pos
+      if c.peek_byte == Cursor::LPAREN
+        # Parenthesized range: (1..10)
+        depth = 1
+        c.scan_byte
+        while !c.eos? && depth > 0
+          b = c.scan_byte
+          depth += 1 if b == Cursor::LPAREN
+          depth -= 1 if b == Cursor::RPAREN
         end
       else
-        raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.for")
+        c.skip_fragment
+      end
+      collection_name = c.slice(col_start, c.pos - col_start)
+
+      @name            = "#{@variable_name}-#{collection_name}"
+      @collection_name = parse_expression(collection_name)
+
+      c.skip_ws
+      @reversed = c.expect_id("reversed")
+      c.skip_ws
+
+      # Parse limit:/offset: if present.
+      # Cursor doesn't handle key:value attributes — delegate to regex for limit:/offset:.
+      if !c.eos? && (rest = c.slice(c.pos, markup.bytesize - c.pos)).include?(':')
+        rest.scan(TagAttributes) do |key, value|
+          set_attribute(key, value)
+        end
       end
     end
 
     def strict_parse(markup)
-      p = Parser.new(markup)
+      p = @parse_context.new_parser(markup)
       @variable_name = p.consume(:id)
       raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.for_invalid_in") unless p.id?('in')
 
       collection_name  = p.expression
-      @collection_name = parse_expression(collection_name)
+      @collection_name = parse_expression(collection_name, safe: true)
 
       @name     = "#{@variable_name}-#{collection_name}"
       @reversed = p.id?('reversed')
@@ -104,13 +136,15 @@ module Liquid
           raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.for_invalid_attribute")
         end
         p.consume(:colon)
-        set_attribute(attribute, p.expression)
+        set_attribute(attribute, p.expression, safe: true)
       end
       p.consume(:end_of_string)
     end
 
     private
 
+    alias_method :strict2_parse, :strict_parse
+
     def collection_segment(context)
       offsets = context.registers[:for] ||= {}
 
@@ -118,22 +152,14 @@ module Liquid
         offsets[@name].to_i
       else
         from_value = context.evaluate(@from)
-        if from_value.nil?
-          0
-        else
-          Utils.to_integer(from_value)
-        end
+        from_value.nil? ? 0 : Utils.to_integer(from_value)
       end
 
       collection = context.evaluate(@collection_name)
       collection = collection.to_a if collection.is_a?(Range)
 
       limit_value = context.evaluate(@limit)
-      to = if limit_value.nil?
-        nil
-      else
-        Utils.to_integer(limit_value) + from
-      end
+      to = limit_value && (Utils.to_integer(limit_value) + from)
 
       segment = Utils.slice_collection(collection, from, to)
       segment.reverse! if @reversed
@@ -174,25 +200,21 @@ module Liquid
       output
     end
 
-    def set_attribute(key, expr)
+    def set_attribute(key, expr, safe: false)
       case key
       when 'offset'
         @from = if expr == 'continue'
           :continue
         else
-          parse_expression(expr)
+          parse_expression(expr, safe: safe)
         end
       when 'limit'
-        @limit = parse_expression(expr)
+        @limit = parse_expression(expr, safe: safe)
       end
     end
 
     def render_else(context, output)
-      if @else_block
-        @else_block.render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
-      else
-        output
-      end
+      @else_block ? @else_block.render_to_output_buffer(context, output) : output
     end
 
     class ParseTreeVisitor < Liquid::ParseTreeVisitor
@@ -201,6 +223,4 @@ module Liquid
       end
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('for', For)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/if.rb

@@ -51,14 +51,17 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
-      @blocks.each do |block|
-        result = Liquid::Utils.to_liquid_value(
-          block.evaluate(context),
-        )
+      idx = 0
+      blocks = @blocks
+      while idx < blocks.length
+        block = blocks[idx]
+        result = block.evaluate(context)
+        result = result.to_liquid_value if result.respond_to?(:to_liquid_value)
 
         if result
           return block.attachment.render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
         end
+        idx += 1
       end
 
       output
@@ -66,6 +69,10 @@ module Liquid
 
     private
 
+    def strict2_parse(markup)
+      strict_parse(markup)
+    end
+
     def push_block(tag, markup)
       block = if tag == 'else'
         ElseCondition.new
@@ -77,11 +84,32 @@ module Liquid
       block.attach(new_body)
     end
 
-    def parse_expression(markup)
-      Condition.parse_expression(parse_context, markup)
+    def parse_expression(markup, safe: false)
+      Condition.parse_expression(parse_context, markup, safe: safe)
     end
 
     def lax_parse(markup)
+      # Fastest path: simple identifier truthiness like "product.available" or "forloop.first"
+      if (simple = Variable.simple_variable_markup(markup))
+        return Condition.new(parse_expression(simple))
+      end
+
+      # Fast path: simple condition without and/or — use Cursor.
+      # The include? pre-checks are both a correctness guard (parse_simple_condition
+      # only handles a single comparison) and a perf gate (avoids cursor allocation
+      # for the compound-condition case that will always fall through to lax_parse).
+      if !markup.include?(' and ') && !markup.include?(' or ')
+        cursor = @parse_context.cursor
+        cursor.reset(markup)
+        if cursor.parse_simple_condition
+          return Condition.new(
+            parse_expression(cursor.cond_left),
+            cursor.cond_op,
+            cursor.cond_right ? parse_expression(cursor.cond_right) : nil,
+          )
+        end
+      end
+
       expressions = markup.scan(ExpressionsAndOperators)
       raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.if") unless expressions.pop =~ Syntax
 
@@ -102,7 +130,7 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def strict_parse(markup)
-      p = Parser.new(markup)
+      p = @parse_context.new_parser(markup)
       condition = parse_binary_comparisons(p)
       p.consume(:end_of_string)
       condition
@@ -111,7 +139,7 @@ module Liquid
     def parse_binary_comparisons(p)
       condition = parse_comparison(p)
       first_condition = condition
-      while (op = (p.id?('and') || p.id?('or')))
+      while (op = p.id?('and') || p.id?('or'))
         child_condition = parse_comparison(p)
         condition.send(op, child_condition)
         condition = child_condition
@@ -120,9 +148,9 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def parse_comparison(p)
-      a = parse_expression(p.expression)
+      a = parse_expression(p.expression, safe: true)
       if (op = p.consume?(:comparison))
-        b = parse_expression(p.expression)
+        b = parse_expression(p.expression, safe: true)
         Condition.new(a, op, b)
       else
         Condition.new(a)
@@ -135,6 +163,4 @@ module Liquid
       end
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('if', If)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/ifchanged.rb

@@ -14,6 +14,4 @@ module Liquid
       output
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('ifchanged', Ifchanged)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/include.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Liquid
   # @liquid_category theme
   # @liquid_name include
   # @liquid_summary
-  #   Renders a [snippet](/themes/architecture#snippets).
+  #   Renders a [snippet](/themes/architecture/snippets).
   # @liquid_description
   #   Inside the snippet, you can access and alter variables that are [created](/docs/api/liquid/tags/variable-tags) outside of the
   #   snippet.
@@ -27,24 +27,7 @@ module Liquid
 
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, options)
       super
-
-      if markup =~ SYNTAX
-
-        template_name = Regexp.last_match(1)
-        variable_name = Regexp.last_match(3)
-
-        @alias_name         = Regexp.last_match(5)
-        @variable_name_expr = variable_name ? parse_expression(variable_name) : nil
-        @template_name_expr = parse_expression(template_name)
-        @attributes         = {}
-
-        markup.scan(TagAttributes) do |key, value|
-          @attributes[key] = parse_expression(value)
-        end
-
-      else
-        raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.include")
-      end
+      parse_with_selected_parser(markup)
     end
 
     def parse(_tokens)
@@ -101,6 +84,49 @@ module Liquid
     alias_method :parse_context, :options
     private :parse_context
 
+    def strict2_parse(markup)
+      p = @parse_context.new_parser(markup)
+
+      @template_name_expr = safe_parse_expression(p)
+      @variable_name_expr = safe_parse_expression(p) if p.id?("for") || p.id?("with")
+      @alias_name         = p.consume(:id) if p.id?("as")
+
+      p.consume?(:comma)
+
+      @attributes = {}
+      while p.look(:id)
+        key = p.consume
+        p.consume(:colon)
+        @attributes[key] = safe_parse_expression(p)
+        p.consume?(:comma)
+      end
+
+      p.consume(:end_of_string)
+    end
+
+    def strict_parse(markup)
+      lax_parse(markup)
+    end
+
+    def lax_parse(markup)
+      if markup =~ SYNTAX
+        template_name = Regexp.last_match(1)
+        variable_name = Regexp.last_match(3)
+
+        @alias_name         = Regexp.last_match(5)
+        @variable_name_expr = variable_name ? parse_expression(variable_name) : nil
+        @template_name_expr = parse_expression(template_name)
+        @attributes         = {}
+
+        markup.scan(TagAttributes) do |key, value|
+          @attributes[key] = parse_expression(value)
+        end
+
+      else
+        raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.include")
+      end
+    end
+
     class ParseTreeVisitor < Liquid::ParseTreeVisitor
       def children
         [
@@ -110,6 +136,4 @@ module Liquid
       end
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('include', Include)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/increment.rb

@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ module Liquid
   # @liquid_name increment
   # @liquid_summary
   #   Creates a new variable, with a default value of 0, that's increased by 1 with each subsequent call.
+  #
+  #   > Caution:
+  #   > Predefined Liquid objects can be overridden by variables with the same name.
+  #   > To make sure that you can access all Liquid objects, make sure that your variable name doesn't match a predefined object's name.
   # @liquid_description
   #   Variables that are declared with `increment` are unique to the [layout](/themes/architecture/layouts), [template](/themes/architecture/templates),
   #   or [section](/themes/architecture/sections) file that they're created in. However, the variable is shared across
-  #   [snippets](/themes/architecture#snippets) included in the file.
+  #   [snippets](/themes/architecture/snippets) included in the file.
   #
   #   Similarly, variables that are created with `increment` are independent from those created with [`assign`](/docs/api/liquid/tags/assign)
   #   and [`capture`](/docs/api/liquid/tags/capture). However, `increment` and [`decrement`](/docs/api/liquid/tags/decrement) share
@@ -35,6 +39,4 @@ module Liquid
       output
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('increment', Increment)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/inline_comment.rb

@@ -25,6 +25,4 @@ module Liquid
       true
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('#', InlineComment)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/raw.rb

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ module Liquid
   # @liquid_syntax_keyword expression The expression to be output without being rendered.
   class Raw < Block
     Syntax = /\A\s*\z/
-    FullTokenPossiblyInvalid = /\A(.*)#{TagStart}#{WhitespaceControl}?\s*(\w+)\s*(.*)?#{WhitespaceControl}?#{TagEnd}\z/om
 
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, parse_context)
       super
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ module Liquid
     def parse(tokens)
       @body = +''
       while (token = tokens.shift)
-        if token =~ FullTokenPossiblyInvalid && block_delimiter == Regexp.last_match(2)
+        if token =~ BlockBody::FullTokenPossiblyInvalid && block_delimiter == Regexp.last_match(2)
           parse_context.trim_whitespace = (token[-3] == WhitespaceControl)
           @body << Regexp.last_match(1) if Regexp.last_match(1) != ""
           return
@@ -57,6 +56,4 @@ module Liquid
       end
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('raw', Raw)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/render.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module Liquid
   # @liquid_category theme
   # @liquid_name render
   # @liquid_summary
-  #   Renders a [snippet](/themes/architecture#snippets) or [app block](/themes/architecture/sections/section-schema#render-app-blocks).
+  #   Renders a [snippet](/themes/architecture/snippets) or [app block](/themes/architecture/sections/section-schema#render-app-blocks).
   # @liquid_description
   #   Inside snippets and app blocks, you can't directly access variables that are [created](/docs/api/liquid/tags/variable-tags) outside
   #   of the snippet or app block. However, you can [specify variables as parameters](/docs/api/liquid/tags/render#render-passing-variables-to-a-snippet)
@@ -35,22 +35,7 @@ module Liquid
 
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, options)
       super
-
-      raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.render") unless markup =~ SYNTAX
-
-      template_name = Regexp.last_match(1)
-      with_or_for = Regexp.last_match(3)
-      variable_name = Regexp.last_match(4)
-
-      @alias_name = Regexp.last_match(6)
-      @variable_name_expr = variable_name ? parse_expression(variable_name) : nil
-      @template_name_expr = parse_expression(template_name)
-      @is_for_loop = (with_or_for == FOR)
-
-      @attributes = {}
-      markup.scan(TagAttributes) do |key, value|
-        @attributes[key] = parse_expression(value)
-      end
+      parse_with_selected_parser(markup)
     end
 
     def for_loop?
@@ -99,6 +84,55 @@ module Liquid
       output
     end
 
+    # render (string) (with|for expression)? (as id)? (key: value)*
+    def strict2_parse(markup)
+      p = @parse_context.new_parser(markup)
+
+      @template_name_expr = parse_expression(strict2_template_name(p), safe: true)
+      with_or_for         = p.id?("for") || p.id?("with")
+      @variable_name_expr = safe_parse_expression(p) if with_or_for
+      @alias_name         = p.consume(:id) if p.id?("as")
+      @is_for_loop        = (with_or_for == FOR)
+
+      p.consume?(:comma)
+
+      @attributes = {}
+      while p.look(:id)
+        key = p.consume
+        p.consume(:colon)
+        @attributes[key] = safe_parse_expression(p)
+        p.consume?(:comma)
+      end
+
+      p.consume(:end_of_string)
+    end
+
+    def strict2_template_name(p)
+      p.consume(:string)
+    end
+
+    def strict_parse(markup)
+      lax_parse(markup)
+    end
+
+    def lax_parse(markup)
+      raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.render") unless markup =~ SYNTAX
+
+      template_name = Regexp.last_match(1)
+      with_or_for = Regexp.last_match(3)
+      variable_name = Regexp.last_match(4)
+
+      @alias_name = Regexp.last_match(6)
+      @variable_name_expr = variable_name ? parse_expression(variable_name) : nil
+      @template_name_expr = parse_expression(template_name)
+      @is_for_loop = (with_or_for == FOR)
+
+      @attributes = {}
+      markup.scan(TagAttributes) do |key, value|
+        @attributes[key] = parse_expression(value)
+      end
+    end
+
     class ParseTreeVisitor < Liquid::ParseTreeVisitor
       def children
         [
@@ -108,6 +142,4 @@ module Liquid
       end
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('render', Render)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/table_row.rb

@@ -19,17 +19,54 @@ module Liquid
   # @liquid_syntax_keyword variable The current item in the array.
   # @liquid_syntax_keyword array The array to iterate over.
   # @liquid_syntax_keyword expression The expression to render.
-  # @liquid_optional_param cols [number] The number of columns that the table should have.
-  # @liquid_optional_param limit [number] The number of iterations to perform.
-  # @liquid_optional_param offset [number] The 1-based index to start iterating at.
+  # @liquid_optional_param cols: [number] The number of columns that the table should have.
+  # @liquid_optional_param limit: [number] The number of iterations to perform.
+  # @liquid_optional_param offset: [number] The 1-based index to start iterating at.
   # @liquid_optional_param range [untyped] A custom numeric range to iterate over.
   class TableRow < Block
     Syntax = /(\w+)\s+in\s+(#{QuotedFragment}+)/o
+    ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES = ['cols', 'limit', 'offset', 'range'].freeze
 
     attr_reader :variable_name, :collection_name, :attributes
 
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, options)
       super
+      parse_with_selected_parser(markup)
+    end
+
+    def strict2_parse(markup)
+      p = @parse_context.new_parser(markup)
+
+      @variable_name = p.consume(:id)
+
+      unless p.id?("in")
+        raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.for_invalid_in")
+      end
+
+      @collection_name = safe_parse_expression(p)
+
+      p.consume?(:comma)
+
+      @attributes = {}
+      while p.look(:id)
+        key = p.consume
+        unless ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES.include?(key)
+          raise SyntaxError, options[:locale].t("errors.syntax.table_row_invalid_attribute", attribute: key)
+        end
+
+        p.consume(:colon)
+        @attributes[key] = safe_parse_expression(p)
+        p.consume?(:comma)
+      end
+
+      p.consume(:end_of_string)
+    end
+
+    def strict_parse(markup)
+      lax_parse(markup)
+    end
+
+    def lax_parse(markup)
       if markup =~ Syntax
         @variable_name   = Regexp.last_match(1)
         @collection_name = parse_expression(Regexp.last_match(2))
@@ -65,6 +102,12 @@ module Liquid
           super
           output << '</td>'
 
+          # Handle any interrupts if they exist.
+          if context.interrupt?
+            interrupt = context.pop_interrupt
+            break if interrupt.is_a?(BreakInterrupt)
+          end
+
           if tablerowloop.col_last && !tablerowloop.last
             output << "</tr>\n<tr class=\"row#{tablerowloop.row + 1}\">"
           end
@@ -91,6 +134,4 @@ module Liquid
       raise Liquid::ArgumentError, "invalid integer"
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('tablerow', TableRow)
 end

lib/liquid/tags/unless.rb

@@ -44,6 +44,4 @@ module Liquid
       output
     end
   end
-
-  Template.register_tag('unless', Unless)
 end

lib/liquid/template.rb

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module Liquid
   # Templates are central to liquid.
-  # Interpretating templates is a two step process. First you compile the
+  # Interpreting templates is a two step process. First you compile the
   # source code you got. During compile time some extensive error checking is performed.
   # your code should expect to get some SyntaxErrors.
   #
@@ -18,95 +18,91 @@ module Liquid
     attr_accessor :root, :name
     attr_reader :resource_limits, :warnings
 
-    class TagRegistry
-      include Enumerable
-
-      def initialize
-        @tags  = {}
-        @cache = {}
-      end
-
-      def [](tag_name)
-        return nil unless @tags.key?(tag_name)
-        return @cache[tag_name] if Liquid.cache_classes
-
-        lookup_class(@tags[tag_name]).tap { |o| @cache[tag_name] = o }
-      end
-
-      def []=(tag_name, klass)
-        @tags[tag_name]  = klass.name
-        @cache[tag_name] = klass
-      end
-
-      def delete(tag_name)
-        @tags.delete(tag_name)
-        @cache.delete(tag_name)
-      end
-
-      def each(&block)
-        @tags.each(&block)
-      end
-
-      private
-
-      def lookup_class(name)
-        Object.const_get(name)
-      end
-    end
-
     attr_reader :profiler
 
     class << self
       # Sets how strict the parser should be.
       # :lax acts like liquid 2.5 and silently ignores malformed tags in most cases.
       # :warn is the default and will give deprecation warnings when invalid syntax is used.
-      # :strict will enforce correct syntax.
-      attr_accessor :error_mode
-      Template.error_mode = :lax
-
-      attr_accessor :default_exception_renderer
-      Template.default_exception_renderer = lambda do |exception|
-        exception
+      # :strict enforces correct syntax for most tags
+      # :strict2 enforces correct syntax for all tags
+      def error_mode=(mode)
+        Deprecations.warn("Template.error_mode=", "Environment#error_mode=")
+        Environment.default.error_mode = mode
       end
 
-      attr_accessor :file_system
-      Template.file_system = BlankFileSystem.new
+      def error_mode
+        Environment.default.error_mode
+      end
 
-      attr_accessor :tags
-      Template.tags = TagRegistry.new
-      private :tags=
+      def default_exception_renderer=(renderer)
+        Deprecations.warn("Template.default_exception_renderer=", "Environment#exception_renderer=")
+        Environment.default.exception_renderer = renderer
+      end
+
+      def default_exception_renderer
+        Environment.default.exception_renderer
+      end
+
+      def file_system=(file_system)
+        Deprecations.warn("Template.file_system=", "Environment#file_system=")
+        Environment.default.file_system = file_system
+      end
+
+      def file_system
+        Environment.default.file_system
+      end
+
+      def tags
+        Environment.default.tags
+      end
 
       def register_tag(name, klass)
-        tags[name.to_s] = klass
+        Deprecations.warn("Template.register_tag", "Environment#register_tag")
+        Environment.default.register_tag(name, klass)
       end
 
       # Pass a module with filter methods which should be available
       # to all liquid views. Good for registering the standard library
       def register_filter(mod)
-        StrainerFactory.add_global_filter(mod)
+        Deprecations.warn("Template.register_filter", "Environment#register_filter")
+        Environment.default.register_filter(mod)
       end
 
-      attr_accessor :default_resource_limits
-      Template.default_resource_limits = {}
-      private :default_resource_limits=
+      private def default_resource_limits=(limits)
+        Deprecations.warn("Template.default_resource_limits=", "Environment#default_resource_limits=")
+        Environment.default.default_resource_limits = limits
+      end
+
+      def default_resource_limits
+        Environment.default.default_resource_limits
+      end
 
       # creates a new <tt>Template</tt> object from liquid source code
       # To enable profiling, pass in <tt>profile: true</tt> as an option.
       # See Liquid::Profiler for more information
       def parse(source, options = {})
-        new.parse(source, options)
+        environment = options[:environment] || Environment.default
+        new(environment: environment).parse(source, options)
       end
     end
 
-    def initialize
+    def initialize(environment: Environment.default)
+      @environment = environment
       @rethrow_errors  = false
-      @resource_limits = ResourceLimits.new(Template.default_resource_limits)
+      @resource_limits = ResourceLimits.new(environment.default_resource_limits)
     end
 
     # Parse source code.
     # Returns self for easy chaining
     def parse(source, options = {})
       parse_context = configure_options(options)
+      source = source.to_s.to_str
+
+      unless source.valid_encoding?
+        raise TemplateEncodingError, parse_context.locale.t("errors.syntax.invalid_template_encoding")
+      end
+
       tokenizer     = parse_context.new_tokenizer(source, start_line_number: @line_numbers && 1)
       @root         = Document.parse(tokenizer, parse_context)
       self
@@ -156,11 +152,11 @@ module Liquid
         c
       when Liquid::Drop
         drop         = args.shift
-        drop.context = Context.new([drop, assigns], instance_assigns, registers, @rethrow_errors, @resource_limits)
+        drop.context = Context.new([drop, assigns], instance_assigns, registers, @rethrow_errors, @resource_limits, {}, @environment)
       when Hash
-        Context.new([args.shift, assigns], instance_assigns, registers, @rethrow_errors, @resource_limits)
+        Context.new([args.shift, assigns], instance_assigns, registers, @rethrow_errors, @resource_limits, {}, @environment)
       when nil
-        Context.new(assigns, instance_assigns, registers, @rethrow_errors, @resource_limits)
+        Context.new(assigns, instance_assigns, registers, @rethrow_errors, @resource_limits, {}, @environment)
       else
         raise ArgumentError, "Expected Hash or Liquid::Context as parameter"
       end
@@ -220,8 +216,14 @@ module Liquid
       @options      = options
       @profiling    = profiling
       @line_numbers = options[:line_numbers] || @profiling
-      parse_context = options.is_a?(ParseContext) ? options : ParseContext.new(options)
-      @warnings     = parse_context.warnings
+      parse_context = if options.is_a?(ParseContext)
+        options
+      else
+        opts = options.key?(:environment) ? options : options.merge(environment: @environment)
+        ParseContext.new(opts)
+      end
+
+      @warnings = parse_context.warnings
       parse_context
     end
 

lib/liquid/tokenizer.rb

@@ -4,17 +4,26 @@ module Liquid
   class Tokenizer
     attr_reader :line_number, :for_liquid_tag
 
-    def initialize(source, line_numbers = false, line_number: nil, for_liquid_tag: false)
-      @source         = source.to_s.to_str
-      @line_number    = line_number || (line_numbers ? 1 : nil)
+    def initialize(
+      source:,
+      string_scanner: nil,
+      line_numbers: false,
+      line_number: nil,
+      for_liquid_tag: false
+    )
+      @line_number = line_number || (line_numbers ? 1 : nil)
       @for_liquid_tag = for_liquid_tag
-      @offset         = 0
-      @tokens         = tokenize
+      @source = source.to_s
+      @offset = 0
+      @tokens = []
+
+      tokenize
     end
 
     def shift
       token = @tokens[@offset]
-      return nil unless token
+
+      return unless token
 
       @offset += 1
 
@@ -28,18 +37,116 @@ module Liquid
     private
 
     def tokenize
-      return [] if @source.empty?
-
-      return @source.split("\n") if @for_liquid_tag
-
-      tokens = @source.split(TemplateParser)
-
-      # removes the rogue empty element at the beginning of the array
-      if tokens[0]&.empty?
-        @offset += 1
+      if @for_liquid_tag
+        @tokens = @source.split("\n")
+      else
+        tokenize_fast
       end
 
-      tokens
+      @source = nil
+    end
+
+    # Fast tokenizer using String#byteindex instead of StringScanner regex.
+    # String#byteindex is ~40% faster for finding { delimiters.
+    def tokenize_fast
+      src = @source
+      unless src.valid_encoding?
+        raise SyntaxError, "Invalid byte sequence in #{src.encoding}"
+      end
+
+      len = src.bytesize
+      pos = 0
+
+      while pos < len
+        # Find next { which could start a tag or variable
+        idx = src.byteindex('{', pos)
+
+        unless idx
+          # No more tags/variables — rest is text
+          @tokens << src.byteslice(pos, len - pos) if pos < len
+          break
+        end
+
+        next_byte = idx + 1 < len ? src.getbyte(idx + 1) : nil
+
+        if next_byte == Cursor::PCT # {%
+          # Emit text before tag
+          @tokens << src.byteslice(pos, idx - pos) if idx > pos
+
+          # Find %} to close the tag
+          close = src.byteindex('%}', idx + 2)
+          if close
+            @tokens << src.byteslice(idx, close + 2 - idx)
+            pos = close + 2
+          else
+            # Emit malformed token to propagate a missing-terminator error in the parser
+            @tokens << "{%"
+            pos = idx + 2
+          end
+        elsif next_byte == Cursor::LCURLY # {{
+          # Emit text before variable, then scan for the closing }}.
+          @tokens << src.byteslice(pos, idx - pos) if idx > pos
+          pos = scan_variable_token(src, idx, len)
+        else
+          # Lone '{' — not the start of a tag or variable.
+          # Find the next '{{' or '{%' to know where this text token ends.
+          # Using two byteindex calls avoids a nested loop and is always O(n).
+          tag_start = src.byteindex('{%', idx + 1)
+          var_start = src.byteindex('{{', idx + 1)
+          next_token = [tag_start, var_start].compact.min
+          if next_token
+            @tokens << src.byteslice(pos, next_token - pos)
+            pos = next_token
+          else
+            @tokens << src.byteslice(pos, len - pos)
+            pos = len
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Scans a {{ ... }} variable token starting at `idx` in `src`.
+    # Emits the token to @tokens and returns the new position after the token.
+    # Handles }}, single }, and embedded {% ... %} (nested tag inside variable).
+    private def scan_variable_token(src, idx, len)
+      # Byte-by-byte scan: find } or {, then inspect the next byte.
+      scan_pos = idx + 2
+      while scan_pos < len
+        b = src.getbyte(scan_pos)
+        if b == Cursor::RCURLY # }
+          if scan_pos + 1 >= len
+            # } at end of string — emit token up to here
+            @tokens << src.byteslice(idx, scan_pos + 1 - idx)
+            return scan_pos + 1
+          end
+          b2 = src.getbyte(scan_pos + 1)
+          if b2 == Cursor::RCURLY
+            # Found }} — close variable
+            @tokens << src.byteslice(idx, scan_pos + 2 - idx)
+            return scan_pos + 2
+          else
+            # } followed by non-} — emit token up to here (matches original: @ss.pos -= 1)
+            @tokens << src.byteslice(idx, scan_pos + 1 - idx)
+            return scan_pos + 1
+          end
+        elsif b == Cursor::LCURLY && scan_pos + 1 < len && src.getbyte(scan_pos + 1) == Cursor::PCT
+          # Found {% inside {{ — scan to %} and emit as one token
+          close = src.byteindex('%}', scan_pos + 2)
+          if close
+            @tokens << src.byteslice(idx, close + 2 - idx)
+            return close + 2
+          else
+            @tokens << src.byteslice(idx, len - idx)
+            return len
+          end
+        else
+          scan_pos += 1
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Reached end without finding }} — malformed
+      @tokens << "{{"
+      idx + 2
     end
   end
 end

lib/liquid/utils.rb

@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 
 module Liquid
   module Utils
+    DECIMAL_REGEX = /\A-?\d+\.\d+\z/
+    UNIX_TIMESTAMP_REGEX = /\A\d+\z/
+
     def self.slice_collection(collection, from, to)
       if (from != 0 || !to.nil?) && collection.respond_to?(:load_slice)
         collection.load_slice(from, to)
+      elsif from == 0 && to.nil? && collection.is_a?(Array)
+        # Fast path: no offset/limit on an Array — return as-is (avoid copy)
+        collection
       else
         slice_collection_using_each(collection, from, to)
       end
@@ -12,23 +18,17 @@ module Liquid
 
     def self.slice_collection_using_each(collection, from, to)
       segments = []
-      index    = 0
 
-      # Maintains Ruby 1.8.7 String#each behaviour on 1.9
+      # String is Enumerable but #each is not defined; handle it as a single-element collection
       if collection.is_a?(String)
         return collection.empty? ? [] : [collection]
       end
       return [] unless collection.respond_to?(:each)
 
+      index = 0
       collection.each do |item|
-        if to && to <= index
-          break
-        end
-
-        if from <= index
-          segments << item
-        end
-
+        break if to && to <= index
+        segments << item if from <= index
         index += 1
       end
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module Liquid
       when Numeric
         obj
       when String
-        /\A-?\d+\.\d+\z/.match?(obj.strip) ? BigDecimal(obj) : obj.to_i
+        DECIMAL_REGEX.match?(obj.strip) ? BigDecimal(obj) : obj.to_i
       else
         if obj.respond_to?(:to_number)
           obj.to_number
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ module Liquid
       return obj if obj.respond_to?(:strftime)
 
       if obj.is_a?(String)
-        return nil if obj.empty?
+        return if obj.empty?
         obj = obj.downcase
       end
 
       case obj
       when 'now', 'today'
         Time.now
-      when /\A\d+\z/, Integer
+      when UNIX_TIMESTAMP_REGEX, Integer
         Time.at(obj.to_i)
       when String
         Time.parse(obj)
@@ -89,5 +89,109 @@ module Liquid
       # Otherwise return the object itself
       obj
     end
+
+    # Cached string representations for common small integers (0-999)
+    # Avoids repeated Integer#to_s allocations during rendering
+    SMALL_INT_STRINGS = Array.new(1000) { |i| i.to_s.freeze }.freeze
+
+    def self.to_s(obj, seen = nil)
+      case obj
+      when Integer
+        obj >= 0 && obj < 1000 ? SMALL_INT_STRINGS[obj] : obj.to_s
+      when BigDecimal
+        obj.to_s("F")
+      when Hash
+        # If the custom hash implementation overrides `#to_s`, use their
+        # custom implementation. Otherwise we use Liquid's default
+        # implementation.
+        if obj.class.instance_method(:to_s) == HASH_TO_S_METHOD
+          hash_inspect(obj, seen || {})
+        else
+          obj.to_s
+        end
+      when Array
+        array_inspect(obj, seen || {})
+      else
+        obj.to_s
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.inspect(obj, seen = nil)
+      case obj
+      when Hash
+        # If the custom hash implementation overrides `#inspect`, use their
+        # custom implementation. Otherwise we use Liquid's default
+        # implementation.
+        if obj.class.instance_method(:inspect) == HASH_INSPECT_METHOD
+          hash_inspect(obj, seen || {})
+        else
+          obj.inspect
+        end
+      when Array
+        array_inspect(obj, seen || {})
+      else
+        obj.inspect
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.array_inspect(arr, seen = {})
+      if seen[arr.object_id]
+        return "[...]"
+      end
+
+      seen[arr.object_id] = true
+      str = +"["
+      cursor = 0
+      len = arr.length
+
+      while cursor < len
+        if cursor > 0
+          str << ", "
+        end
+
+        item_str = inspect(arr[cursor], seen)
+        str << item_str
+        cursor += 1
+      end
+
+      str << "]"
+      str
+    ensure
+      seen.delete(arr.object_id)
+    end
+
+    def self.hash_inspect(hash, seen = {})
+      if seen[hash.object_id]
+        return "{...}"
+      end
+      seen[hash.object_id] = true
+
+      str = +"{"
+      first = true
+      hash.each do |key, value|
+        if first
+          first = false
+        else
+          str << ", "
+        end
+
+        key_str = inspect(key, seen)
+        str << key_str
+        str << "=>"
+
+        value_str = inspect(value, seen)
+        str << value_str
+      end
+      str << "}"
+      str
+    ensure
+      seen.delete(hash.object_id)
+    end
+
+    HASH_TO_S_METHOD = Hash.instance_method(:to_s)
+    private_constant :HASH_TO_S_METHOD
+
+    HASH_INSPECT_METHOD = Hash.instance_method(:inspect)
+    private_constant :HASH_INSPECT_METHOD
   end
 end

lib/liquid/variable.rb

@@ -12,6 +12,26 @@ module Liquid
   #   {{ user | link }}
   #
   class Variable
+    # Checks if markup is a simple "name.lookup.chain" with no filters/brackets/quotes.
+    # Returns the trimmed markup string, or nil if not simple.
+    def self.simple_variable_markup(markup)
+      return if markup.empty?
+      return unless markup.match?(SIMPLE_VARIABLE_RE)
+      # Avoid allocation when there's no surrounding whitespace (the common case)
+      first = markup.getbyte(0)
+      last  = markup.getbyte(markup.bytesize - 1)
+      needs_strip = first == Cursor::SPACE || first == Cursor::TAB || first == Cursor::NL || first == Cursor::CR ||
+        last == Cursor::SPACE || last == Cursor::TAB || last == Cursor::NL || last == Cursor::CR
+      needs_strip ? markup.strip : markup
+    end
+
+    # Cache for [filtername, EMPTY_ARRAY] tuples — avoids repeated array creation
+    NO_ARG_FILTER_CACHE = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [k, Const::EMPTY_ARRAY].freeze }
+
+    # Regex for a simple variable lookup with optional surrounding whitespace.
+    # Shares the identifier grammar with VariableLookup::SIMPLE_LOOKUP_RE.
+    SIMPLE_VARIABLE_RE = /\A\s*[\w-]+\??(?:\.[\w-]+\??)*\s*\z/
+
     FilterMarkupRegex        = /#{FilterSeparator}\s*(.*)/om
     FilterParser             = /(?:\s+|#{QuotedFragment}|#{ArgumentSeparator})+/o
     FilterArgsRegex          = /(?:#{FilterArgumentSeparator}|#{ArgumentSeparator})\s*((?:\w+\s*\:\s*)?#{QuotedFragment})/o
@@ -30,7 +50,278 @@ module Liquid
       @parse_context = parse_context
       @line_number   = parse_context.line_number
 
-      strict_parse_with_error_mode_fallback(markup)
+      # Fast path: try to parse without going through Lexer → Parser
+      # Skip for strict2/rigid modes which require different parsing
+      # Fast path only for lax/warn modes — strict modes need full error checking
+      error_mode = parse_context.error_mode
+      if error_mode == :strict2 || error_mode == :rigid || error_mode == :strict || !try_fast_parse(markup, parse_context)
+        strict_parse_with_error_mode_fallback(markup)
+      end
+    end
+
+    private def try_fast_parse(markup, parse_context)
+      pos = fast_scan_name(markup)
+      return false unless pos
+
+      # fast_resolve_name calls VariableLookup.parse_simple / Expression::LITERALS — the
+      # only sites that can raise SyntaxError on malformed input. The byte scanners return
+      # false instead of raising.
+      begin
+        fast_resolve_name(markup, parse_context)
+      rescue SyntaxError
+        return false
+      end
+
+      # End of markup — no filters
+      if pos >= markup.bytesize
+        @filters = Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
+        return true
+      end
+
+      # Must be followed by a pipe filter separator
+      return false unless markup.getbyte(pos) == Cursor::PIPE
+
+      fast_scan_filters(markup, pos, parse_context)
+    end
+
+    # Scan the variable name (quoted string or identifier chain) at the start of markup.
+    # Returns the position after the name + trailing whitespace, or false on failure.
+    # Sets @_fast_name_start and @_fast_name_end for fast_resolve_name.
+    private def fast_scan_name(markup)
+      len = markup.bytesize
+      return false if len == 0
+
+      # Skip leading whitespace
+      pos = 0
+      while pos < len
+        b = markup.getbyte(pos)
+        break unless b == Cursor::SPACE || b == Cursor::TAB || b == Cursor::NL || b == Cursor::CR
+        pos += 1
+      end
+      return false if pos >= len
+
+      b = markup.getbyte(pos)
+
+      if b == Cursor::QUOTE_S || b == Cursor::QUOTE_D
+        # Quoted string literal: scan to matching close quote
+        quote = b
+        @_fast_name_start = pos
+        pos += 1
+        pos += 1 while pos < len && markup.getbyte(pos) != quote
+        pos += 1 if pos < len # skip closing quote
+        @_fast_name_end = pos
+      elsif ByteTables::IDENT_START[b]
+        # Identifier chain: [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*(.[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*)*
+        @_fast_name_start = pos
+        pos += 1
+        while pos < len
+          b = markup.getbyte(pos)
+          if ByteTables::IDENT_CONT[b]
+            pos += 1
+          elsif b == Cursor::DOT
+            pos += 1
+            return false if pos >= len
+            b = markup.getbyte(pos)
+            return false unless ByteTables::IDENT_START[b]
+            pos += 1
+          else
+            break
+          end
+        end
+        @_fast_name_end = pos
+      else
+        return false
+      end
+
+      # Skip whitespace after name
+      while pos < len
+        b = markup.getbyte(pos)
+        break unless b == Cursor::SPACE || b == Cursor::TAB || b == Cursor::NL || b == Cursor::CR
+        pos += 1
+      end
+
+      pos
+    end
+
+    # Resolve the scanned name bytes to a Liquid expression object.
+    # Reads @_fast_name_start / @_fast_name_end set by fast_scan_name.
+    # Sets @name.  May raise SyntaxError (rescued in try_fast_parse).
+    private def fast_resolve_name(markup, parse_context)
+      name_start = @_fast_name_start
+      name_end   = @_fast_name_end
+      len        = markup.bytesize
+
+      # Avoid byteslice when the name spans the whole markup (no surrounding whitespace/filters)
+      expr_markup = name_start == 0 && name_end == len ? markup : markup.byteslice(name_start, name_end - name_start)
+
+      cache = parse_context.expression_cache
+      ss    = parse_context.string_scanner
+
+      first_byte = expr_markup.getbyte(0)
+      @name = if first_byte == Cursor::QUOTE_S || first_byte == Cursor::QUOTE_D
+        # String literal — strip enclosing quotes
+        expr_markup.byteslice(1, expr_markup.bytesize - 2)
+      elsif Expression::LITERALS.key?(expr_markup)
+        Expression::LITERALS[expr_markup]
+      elsif cache
+        cache[expr_markup] || (cache[expr_markup] = VariableLookup.parse_simple(expr_markup, ss, cache).freeze)
+      else
+        VariableLookup.parse_simple(expr_markup, ss || StringScanner.new(""), nil).freeze
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Scan the filter chain starting at `pos` (the first '|').
+    # Returns true on success (sets @filters), false to fall back to the Lexer.
+    # Rescues SyntaxError from Expression.parse inside fast_scan_filter_args.
+    private def fast_scan_filters(markup, pos, parse_context)
+      len = markup.bytesize
+      @filters = []
+      filter_pos = pos
+
+      while filter_pos < len && markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::PIPE
+        filter_pos += 1
+        # Skip spaces after pipe (tabs/newlines handled in the between-filters skip below)
+        filter_pos += 1 while filter_pos < len && markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::SPACE
+
+        # Scan filter name: must start with [a-zA-Z_]
+        fname_start = filter_pos
+        b = filter_pos < len ? markup.getbyte(filter_pos) : nil
+        break unless b && ByteTables::IDENT_START[b]
+        filter_pos += 1
+        while filter_pos < len
+          b = markup.getbyte(filter_pos)
+          break unless ByteTables::IDENT_CONT[b]
+          filter_pos += 1
+        end
+        filtername = markup.byteslice(fname_start, filter_pos - fname_start)
+
+        # Skip whitespace after filter name
+        filter_pos += 1 while filter_pos < len && markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::SPACE
+
+        if filter_pos < len && markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::COLON
+          # Has arguments — fast-scan positional args; fall to Lexer on keyword args
+          filter_pos += 1 # skip ':'
+          filter_pos += 1 while filter_pos < len && markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::SPACE
+
+          result = fast_scan_filter_args(markup, filter_pos, parse_context)
+          return fall_to_lexer_filters(markup, pos, fname_start, len, parse_context) if result == :fall_to_lexer
+
+          filter_args, filter_pos = result
+          @filters << [filtername, filter_args]
+        else
+          # No-arg filter — reuse the cached [name, EMPTY_ARRAY] tuple
+          @filters << NO_ARG_FILTER_CACHE[filtername]
+        end
+
+        # Skip whitespace (including tabs and newlines) between filters
+        filter_pos += 1 while filter_pos < len && (
+          markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::SPACE ||
+          markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::TAB   ||
+          markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::NL    ||
+          markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::CR
+        )
+      end
+
+      # Trailing bytes that aren't a pipe mean something the fast path doesn't handle
+      return false if filter_pos < len
+
+      @filters = Const::EMPTY_ARRAY if @filters.empty?
+      true
+    rescue SyntaxError
+      # Expression.parse (called inside fast_scan_filter_args for identifier args) can
+      # raise SyntaxError on malformed input.  Fall back to full Lexer parse.
+      @name = nil
+      @filters = nil
+      false
+    end
+
+    # Called when fast_scan_filter_args encounters keyword args or an unrecognised
+    # token. Hands the remaining filter chain (from the pipe before fname_start)
+    # to the full Lexer-based parser, merges results into @filters, and returns true.
+    private def fall_to_lexer_filters(markup, pos, fname_start, len, parse_context)
+      # Walk back from fname_start to find the pipe that opened this filter.
+      # Equivalent to: markup.rindex('|', fname_start), bounded by pos.
+      rest_start = fname_start
+      rest_start -= 1 while rest_start > pos && markup.getbyte(rest_start) != Cursor::PIPE
+      rest_markup = markup.byteslice(rest_start, len - rest_start)
+      p = parse_context.new_parser(rest_markup)
+      while p.consume?(:pipe)
+        fn = p.consume(:id)
+        fa = p.consume?(:colon) ? parse_filterargs(p) : Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
+        @filters << lax_parse_filter_expressions(fn, fa)
+      end
+      p.consume(:end_of_string)
+      @filters = Const::EMPTY_ARRAY if @filters.empty?
+      true
+    end
+
+    # Scan positional filter arguments starting at `filter_pos`.
+    # Returns [filter_args_array, new_filter_pos] on success, or :fall_to_lexer when
+    # keyword args or unrecognised tokens are encountered.
+    private def fast_scan_filter_args(markup, filter_pos, parse_context)
+      len = markup.bytesize
+      filter_args = []
+
+      loop do
+        arg_start = filter_pos
+        b = filter_pos < len ? markup.getbyte(filter_pos) : nil
+
+        if b == Cursor::QUOTE_S || b == Cursor::QUOTE_D
+          # Quoted string argument
+          quote = b
+          filter_pos += 1
+          filter_pos += 1 while filter_pos < len && markup.getbyte(filter_pos) != quote
+          filter_pos += 1 if filter_pos < len # skip closing quote
+          filter_args << markup.byteslice(arg_start + 1, filter_pos - arg_start - 2)
+
+        elsif b && (ByteTables::DIGIT[b] ||
+                    (b == Cursor::DASH && filter_pos + 1 < len && ByteTables::DIGIT[markup.getbyte(filter_pos + 1)]))
+          # Numeric argument (integer or float, optionally negative)
+          filter_pos += 1 if b == Cursor::DASH
+          filter_pos += 1 while filter_pos < len && ByteTables::DIGIT[markup.getbyte(filter_pos)]
+          if filter_pos < len && markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::DOT # float
+            filter_pos += 1
+            filter_pos += 1 while filter_pos < len && ByteTables::DIGIT[markup.getbyte(filter_pos)]
+          end
+          num_str = markup.byteslice(arg_start, filter_pos - arg_start)
+          filter_args << (num_str.include?('.') ? num_str.to_f : num_str.to_i)
+
+        elsif b && ByteTables::IDENT_START[b]
+          # Identifier argument — may be a variable lookup or keyword arg
+          id_start = filter_pos
+          filter_pos += 1
+          while filter_pos < len
+            b2 = markup.getbyte(filter_pos)
+            break unless ByteTables::IDENT_CONT[b2] || b2 == Cursor::DOT
+            filter_pos += 1
+          end
+          filter_pos += 1 if filter_pos < len && markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::QMARK
+
+          # Peek past whitespace: if followed by ':', this is a keyword arg → fall to Lexer
+          kw_check = filter_pos
+          kw_check += 1 while kw_check < len && markup.getbyte(kw_check) == Cursor::SPACE
+          return :fall_to_lexer if kw_check < len && markup.getbyte(kw_check) == Cursor::COLON
+
+          id_markup = markup.byteslice(id_start, filter_pos - id_start)
+          filter_args << Expression.parse(id_markup, parse_context.string_scanner, parse_context.expression_cache)
+
+        else
+          return :fall_to_lexer
+        end
+
+        # Skip whitespace after argument
+        filter_pos += 1 while filter_pos < len && markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::SPACE
+
+        # Comma: more arguments follow; anything else: done with this filter's args
+        if filter_pos < len && markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::COMMA
+          filter_pos += 1
+          filter_pos += 1 while filter_pos < len && markup.getbyte(filter_pos) == Cursor::SPACE
+        else
+          break
+        end
+      end
+
+      [filter_args, filter_pos]
     end
 
     def raw
@@ -42,7 +333,7 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def lax_parse(markup)
-      @filters = []
+      @filters = Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
       return unless markup =~ MarkupWithQuotedFragment
 
       name_markup   = Regexp.last_match(1)
@@ -54,22 +345,38 @@ module Liquid
           next unless f =~ /\w+/
           filtername = Regexp.last_match(0)
           filterargs = f.scan(FilterArgsRegex).flatten
-          @filters << parse_filter_expressions(filtername, filterargs)
+          @filters = [] if @filters.frozen?
+          @filters << lax_parse_filter_expressions(filtername, filterargs)
         end
       end
     end
 
     def strict_parse(markup)
-      @filters = []
-      p = Parser.new(markup)
+      @filters = Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
+      p = @parse_context.new_parser(markup)
 
       return if p.look(:end_of_string)
 
-      @name = parse_context.parse_expression(p.expression)
+      @name = parse_context.safe_parse_expression(p)
       while p.consume?(:pipe)
+        @filters = [] if @filters.frozen?
         filtername = p.consume(:id)
-        filterargs = p.consume?(:colon) ? parse_filterargs(p) : []
-        @filters << parse_filter_expressions(filtername, filterargs)
+        filterargs = p.consume?(:colon) ? parse_filterargs(p) : Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
+        @filters << lax_parse_filter_expressions(filtername, filterargs)
+      end
+      p.consume(:end_of_string)
+    end
+
+    def strict2_parse(markup)
+      @filters = Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
+      p = @parse_context.new_parser(markup)
+
+      return if p.look(:end_of_string)
+
+      @name = parse_context.safe_parse_expression(p)
+      while p.consume?(:pipe)
+        @filters = [] if @filters.frozen?
+        @filters << strict2_parse_filter_expressions(p)
       end
       p.consume(:end_of_string)
     end
@@ -86,41 +393,61 @@ module Liquid
       obj = context.evaluate(@name)
 
       @filters.each do |filter_name, filter_args, filter_kwargs|
-        filter_args = evaluate_filter_expressions(context, filter_args, filter_kwargs)
-        obj = context.invoke(filter_name, obj, *filter_args)
+        if filter_args.empty? && !filter_kwargs
+          obj = context.invoke_single(filter_name, obj)
+        elsif !filter_kwargs && filter_args.length == 1
+          # Single positional arg — most common after no-arg
+          obj = context.invoke_two(filter_name, obj, context.evaluate(filter_args[0]))
+        else
+          filter_args = evaluate_filter_expressions(context, filter_args, filter_kwargs)
+          obj = context.invoke(filter_name, obj, *filter_args)
+        end
       end
 
       context.apply_global_filter(obj)
     end
 
     def render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
-      obj = render(context)
-
-      if obj.is_a?(Array)
-        output << obj.join
-      elsif obj.nil?
+      # Fast path: no filters and no global filter
+      obj = if @filters.empty? && context.global_filter.nil?
+        context.evaluate(@name)
       else
-        output << obj.to_s
+        render(context)
       end
-
+      render_obj_to_output(obj, output)
       output
     end
 
+    def render_obj_to_output(obj, output)
+      if obj.instance_of?(String)
+        output << obj
+      elsif obj.nil?
+        # Do nothing
+      elsif obj.instance_of?(Array)
+        obj.each do |o|
+          render_obj_to_output(o, output)
+        end
+      else
+        output << Liquid::Utils.to_s(obj)
+      end
+    end
+
     def disabled?(_context)
       false
     end
 
     def disabled_tags
-      []
+      Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
     end
 
     private
 
-    def parse_filter_expressions(filter_name, unparsed_args)
+    def lax_parse_filter_expressions(filter_name, unparsed_args)
       filter_args  = []
       keyword_args = nil
       unparsed_args.each do |a|
-        if (matches = a.match(JustTagAttributes))
+        # Fast check: keyword args must contain ':'
+        if a.include?(':') && (matches = a.match(JustTagAttributes))
           keyword_args           ||= {}
           keyword_args[matches[1]] = parse_context.parse_expression(matches[2])
         else
@@ -132,16 +459,60 @@ module Liquid
       result
     end
 
+    # Surprisingly, positional and keyword arguments can be mixed.
+    #
+    # filter = filtername [":" filterargs?]
+    # filterargs = argument ("," argument)*
+    # argument = (positional_argument | keyword_argument)
+    # positional_argument = expression
+    # keyword_argument = id ":" expression
+    def strict2_parse_filter_expressions(p)
+      filtername = p.consume(:id)
+      filter_args = []
+      keyword_args = {}
+
+      if p.consume?(:colon)
+        # Parse first argument (no leading comma)
+        argument(p, filter_args, keyword_args) unless end_of_arguments?(p)
+
+        # Parse remaining arguments (with leading commas) and optional trailing comma
+        argument(p, filter_args, keyword_args) while p.consume?(:comma) && !end_of_arguments?(p)
+      end
+
+      result = [filtername, filter_args]
+      result << keyword_args unless keyword_args.empty?
+      result
+    end
+
+    def argument(p, positional_arguments, keyword_arguments)
+      if p.look(:id) && p.look(:colon, 1)
+        key = p.consume(:id)
+        p.consume(:colon)
+        value = parse_context.safe_parse_expression(p)
+        keyword_arguments[key] = value
+      else
+        positional_arguments << parse_context.safe_parse_expression(p)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def end_of_arguments?(p)
+      p.look(:pipe) || p.look(:end_of_string)
+    end
+
     def evaluate_filter_expressions(context, filter_args, filter_kwargs)
-      parsed_args = filter_args.map { |expr| context.evaluate(expr) }
       if filter_kwargs
+        parsed_args = filter_args.map { |expr| context.evaluate(expr) }
         parsed_kwargs = {}
         filter_kwargs.each do |key, expr|
           parsed_kwargs[key] = context.evaluate(expr)
         end
         parsed_args << parsed_kwargs
+        parsed_args
+      elsif filter_args.empty?
+        Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
+      else
+        filter_args.map { |expr| context.evaluate(expr) }
       end
-      parsed_args
     end
 
     class ParseTreeVisitor < Liquid::ParseTreeVisitor

lib/liquid/variable_lookup.rb

@@ -6,26 +6,130 @@ module Liquid
 
     attr_reader :name, :lookups
 
-    def self.parse(markup)
-      new(markup)
+    def self.parse(markup, string_scanner = StringScanner.new(""), cache = nil)
+      new(markup, string_scanner, cache)
     end
 
-    def initialize(markup)
-      lookups = markup.scan(VariableParser)
+    # Fast parse that skips simple_lookup? check — caller guarantees simple identifier chain
+    def self.parse_simple(markup, string_scanner = nil, cache = nil)
+      new(markup, string_scanner, cache, true)
+    end
+
+    # Fast manual scanner replacing markup.scan(VariableParser)
+    # VariableParser = /\[(?>[^\[\]]+|\g<0>)*\]|[\w-]+\??/
+    # Splits "product.variants[0].title" into ["product", "variants", "[0]", "title"]
+    def self.scan_variable(markup)
+      result = []
+      pos = 0
+      len = markup.bytesize
+
+      while pos < len
+        byte = markup.getbyte(pos)
+
+        if byte == 91 # '['
+          # Scan balanced brackets
+          depth = 1
+          start = pos
+          pos += 1
+          while pos < len && depth > 0
+            b = markup.getbyte(pos)
+            depth += 1 if b == 91
+            depth -= 1 if b == 93
+            pos += 1
+          end
+          if depth == 0
+            result << markup.byteslice(start, pos - start)
+          else
+            # Unbalanced bracket - skip '[' and continue
+            pos = start + 1
+          end
+        elsif byte == 46 # '.'
+          pos += 1
+        elsif ByteTables::IDENT_CONT[byte] # [\w-]
+          start = pos
+          pos += 1
+          while pos < len
+            b = markup.getbyte(pos)
+            break unless ByteTables::IDENT_CONT[b]
+            pos += 1
+          end
+          # Check trailing '?'
+          if pos < len && markup.getbyte(pos) == 63
+            pos += 1
+          end
+          result << markup.byteslice(start, pos - start)
+        else
+          pos += 1
+        end
+      end
+
+      result
+    end
+
+    # Check if markup is a simple identifier chain: [\w-]+\??(.[\w-]+\??)*
+    # Uses C-level match? — 8x faster than Ruby byte scanning
+    SIMPLE_LOOKUP_RE = /\A[\w-]+\??(?:\.[\w-]+\??)*\z/
+
+    def self.simple_lookup?(markup)
+      markup.bytesize > 0 && markup.match?(SIMPLE_LOOKUP_RE)
+    end
+
+    def initialize(markup, string_scanner = StringScanner.new(""), cache = nil, simple = false)
+      # Fast path: simple identifier chain without brackets
+      if simple || self.class.simple_lookup?(markup)
+        dot_pos = markup.index('.')
+        if dot_pos.nil?
+          @name = markup
+          @lookups = Const::EMPTY_ARRAY
+          @command_flags = 0
+          return
+        end
+        @name = markup.byteslice(0, dot_pos)
+        # Build lookups array from remaining dot-separated segments
+        lookups = []
+        @command_flags = 0
+        pos = dot_pos + 1
+        len = markup.bytesize
+        while pos < len
+          seg_start = pos
+          while pos < len
+            b = markup.getbyte(pos)
+            break if b == 46 # '.'
+            pos += 1
+          end
+          seg = markup.byteslice(seg_start, pos - seg_start)
+          if COMMAND_METHODS.include?(seg)
+            @command_flags |= 1 << lookups.length
+          end
+          lookups << seg
+          pos += 1 # skip dot
+        end
+        @lookups = lookups
+        return
+      end
+
+      lookups = self.class.scan_variable(markup)
 
       name = lookups.shift
-      if name&.start_with?('[') && name&.end_with?(']')
-        name = Expression.parse(name[1..-2])
+      if name&.start_with?('[') && name.end_with?(']')
+        name = Expression.parse(
+          name[1..-2],
+          string_scanner,
+          cache,
+        )
       end
       @name = name
 
       @lookups       = lookups
       @command_flags = 0
 
-      @lookups.each_index do |i|
-        lookup = lookups[i]
-        if lookup&.start_with?('[') && lookup&.end_with?(']')
-          lookups[i] = Expression.parse(lookup[1..-2])
+      @lookups.each_with_index do |lookup, i|
+        if lookup&.start_with?('[') && lookup.end_with?(']')
+          lookups[i] = Expression.parse(
+            lookup[1..-2],
+            string_scanner,
+            cache,
+          )
         elsif COMMAND_METHODS.include?(lookup)
           @command_flags |= 1 << i
         end
@@ -41,26 +145,39 @@ module Liquid
       object = context.find_variable(name)
 
       @lookups.each_index do |i|
-        key = context.evaluate(@lookups[i])
+        lookup = @lookups[i]
+        key = lookup.instance_of?(String) ? lookup : context.evaluate(lookup)
 
         # Cast "key" to its liquid value to enable it to act as a primitive value
-        key = Liquid::Utils.to_liquid_value(key)
+        # Fast path: strings and integers (most common key types) don't need conversion
+        unless key.instance_of?(String) || key.instance_of?(Integer)
+          key = Liquid::Utils.to_liquid_value(key)
+        end
 
         # If object is a hash- or array-like object we look for the
         # presence of the key and if its available we return it
-        if object.respond_to?(:[]) &&
-            ((object.respond_to?(:key?) && object.key?(key)) ||
-             (object.respond_to?(:fetch) && key.is_a?(Integer)))
-
+        if accessible?(object, key)
           # if its a proc we will replace the entry with the proc
-          res    = context.lookup_and_evaluate(object, key)
-          object = res.to_liquid
+          object = context.lookup_and_evaluate(object, key)
+          # Skip to_liquid for common primitive types (they return self)
+          unless object.instance_of?(String) || object.instance_of?(Integer) || object.instance_of?(Float) ||
+              object.instance_of?(Array) || object.instance_of?(Hash) || object.nil?
+            object = liquidize(object, context)
+          end
 
           # Some special cases. If the part wasn't in square brackets and
           # no key with the same name was found we interpret following calls
           # as commands and call them on the current object
         elsif lookup_command?(i) && object.respond_to?(key)
-          object = object.send(key).to_liquid
+          object = object.send(key)
+          unless object.instance_of?(String) || object.instance_of?(Integer) || object.instance_of?(Array) || object.nil?
+            object = liquidize(object, context)
+          end
+
+        # Handle string first/last like ActiveSupport does (returns first/last character)
+        # ActiveSupport returns "" for empty strings, not nil
+        elsif lookup_command?(i) && object.is_a?(String) && (key == "first" || key == "last")
+          object = key == "first" ? (object[0] || "") : (object[-1] || "")
 
           # No key was present with the desired value and it wasn't one of the directly supported
           # keywords either. The only thing we got left is to return nil or
@@ -69,9 +186,6 @@ module Liquid
           return nil unless context.strict_variables
           raise Liquid::UndefinedVariable, "undefined variable #{key}"
         end
-
-        # If we are dealing with a drop here we have to
-        object.context = context if object.respond_to?(:context=)
       end
 
       object
@@ -81,6 +195,27 @@ module Liquid
       self.class == other.class && state == other.state
     end
 
+    private
+
+    # Returns true if +object+ has +key+ accessible via [] lookup.
+    def accessible?(object, key)
+      if object.instance_of?(Hash)
+        object.key?(key)
+      else
+        object.respond_to?(:[]) &&
+          ((object.respond_to?(:key?) && object.key?(key)) ||
+           (object.respond_to?(:fetch) && key.is_a?(Integer)))
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Calls to_liquid on +object+ and wires up the context reference if needed.
+    # Skipped for primitive types that return self from to_liquid.
+    def liquidize(object, context)
+      object = object.to_liquid
+      object.context = context if object.respond_to?(:context=)
+      object
+    end
+
     protected
 
     def state

lib/liquid/version.rb

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Liquid
-  VERSION = "5.4.0"
+  VERSION = "5.12.0"
 end

liquid.gemspec

@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.summary     = "A secure, non-evaling end user template engine with aesthetic markup."
   s.authors     = ["Tobias Lütke"]
   s.email       = ["[email protected]"]
-  s.homepage    = "http://www.liquidmarkup.org"
+  s.homepage    = "https://shopify.github.io/liquid/"
   s.license     = "MIT"
   # s.description = "A secure, non-evaling end user template engine with aesthetic markup."
 
-  s.required_ruby_version     = ">= 2.7.0"
+  s.required_ruby_version     = ">= 3.0.0"
   s.required_rubygems_version = ">= 1.3.7"
 
   s.metadata['allowed_push_host'] = 'https://rubygems.org'
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.require_path = "lib"
 
+  s.add_dependency("strscan", ">= 3.1.1")
+  s.add_dependency("bigdecimal")
+
   s.add_development_dependency('rake', '~> 13.0')
   s.add_development_dependency('minitest')
 end

performance/bench_quick.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Quick benchmark for autoresearch: measures parse µs, render µs, and object allocations
+# Outputs machine-readable metrics to stdout
+
+require_relative 'theme_runner'
+
+RubyVM::YJIT.enable if defined?(RubyVM::YJIT)
+
+runner = ThemeRunner.new
+
+# Warmup — enough iterations for YJIT to fully optimize hot paths
+20.times { runner.compile }
+20.times { runner.render }
+
+GC.start
+GC.compact if GC.respond_to?(:compact)
+
+# Measure parse
+parse_times = []
+10.times do
+  GC.disable
+  t0 = Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
+  runner.compile
+  t1 = Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
+  GC.enable
+  GC.start
+  parse_times << (t1 - t0) * 1_000_000 # µs
+end
+
+# Measure render
+render_times = []
+10.times do
+  GC.disable
+  t0 = Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
+  runner.render
+  t1 = Process.clock_gettime(Process::CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
+  GC.enable
+  GC.start
+  render_times << (t1 - t0) * 1_000_000 # µs
+end
+
+# Measure object allocations for one parse+render cycle
+require 'objspace'
+GC.start
+GC.disable
+before = ObjectSpace.count_objects.values_at(:TOTAL).first - ObjectSpace.count_objects.values_at(:FREE).first
+runner.compile
+runner.render
+after = ObjectSpace.count_objects.values_at(:TOTAL).first - ObjectSpace.count_objects.values_at(:FREE).first
+GC.enable
+allocations = after - before
+
+parse_us = parse_times.min.round(0)
+render_us = render_times.min.round(0)
+combined_us = parse_us + render_us
+
+puts "RESULTS"
+puts "parse_us=#{parse_us}"
+puts "render_us=#{render_us}"
+puts "combined_us=#{combined_us}"
+puts "allocations=#{allocations}"

performance/benchmark.rb

@@ -3,18 +3,23 @@
 require 'benchmark/ips'
 require_relative 'theme_runner'
 
-Liquid::Template.error_mode = ARGV.first.to_sym if ARGV.first
+RubyVM::YJIT.enable if defined?(RubyVM::YJIT)
+Liquid::Environment.default.error_mode = ARGV.first.to_sym if ARGV.first
+
 profiler = ThemeRunner.new
 
 Benchmark.ips do |x|
-  x.time   = 10
-  x.warmup = 5
+  x.time   = 20
+  x.warmup = 10
 
   puts
   puts "Running benchmark for #{x.time} seconds (with #{x.warmup} seconds warmup)."
   puts
 
-  x.report("parse:") { profiler.compile }
-  x.report("render:") { profiler.render }
-  x.report("parse & render:") { profiler.run }
+  phase = ENV["PHASE"] || "all"
+
+  x.report("tokenize:") { profiler.tokenize } if phase == "all" || phase == "tokenize"
+  x.report("parse:") { profiler.compile } if phase == "all" || phase == "parse"
+  x.report("render:") { profiler.render } if phase == "all" || phase == "render"
+  x.report("parse & render:") { profiler.run } if phase == "all" || phase == "run"
 end

performance/shopify/liquid.rb

@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ require_relative 'shop_filter'
 require_relative 'tag_filter'
 require_relative 'weight_filter'
 
-Liquid::Template.register_tag('paginate', Paginate)
-Liquid::Template.register_tag('form', CommentForm)
+default_environment = Liquid::Environment.default
+default_environment.register_tag('paginate', Paginate)
+default_environment.register_tag('form', CommentForm)
 
-Liquid::Template.register_filter(JsonFilter)
-Liquid::Template.register_filter(MoneyFilter)
-Liquid::Template.register_filter(WeightFilter)
-Liquid::Template.register_filter(ShopFilter)
-Liquid::Template.register_filter(TagFilter)
+default_environment.register_filter(JsonFilter)
+default_environment.register_filter(MoneyFilter)
+default_environment.register_filter(WeightFilter)
+default_environment.register_filter(ShopFilter)
+default_environment.register_filter(TagFilter)

performance/theme_runner.rb

@@ -48,6 +48,19 @@ class ThemeRunner
     end
   end
 
+  # `tokenize` will just test the tokenizen portion of liquid without any templates
+  def tokenize
+    ss = StringScanner.new("")
+    @tests.each do |test_hash|
+      tokenizer = Liquid::Tokenizer.new(
+        source: test_hash[:liquid],
+        string_scanner: ss,
+        line_numbers: true,
+      )
+      while tokenizer.shift; end
+    end
+  end
+
   # `run` is called to benchmark rendering and compiling at the same time
   def run
     each_test do |liquid, layout, assigns, page_template, template_name|

performance/unit/expression_benchmark.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "benchmark/ips"
+
+# benchmark liquid lexing
+
+require 'liquid'
+
+RubyVM::YJIT.enable
+
+STRING_MARKUPS = [
+  "\"foo\"",
+  "\"fooooooooooo\"",
+  "\"foooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo\"",
+  "'foo'",
+  "'fooooooooooo'",
+  "'foooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo'",
+]
+
+VARIABLE_MARKUPS = [
+  "article",
+  "article.title",
+  "article.title.size",
+  "very_long_variable_name_2024_11_05",
+  "very_long_variable_name_2024_11_05.size",
+]
+
+NUMBER_MARKUPS = [
+  "0",
+  "35",
+  "1241891024912849",
+  "3.5",
+  "3.51214128409128",
+  "12381902839.123819283910283",
+  "123.456.789",
+  "-123",
+  "-12.33",
+  "-405.231",
+  "-0",
+  "0",
+  "0.0",
+  "0.0000000000000000000000",
+  "0.00000000001",
+]
+
+RANGE_MARKUPS = [
+  "(1..30)",
+  "(1...30)",
+  "(1..30..5)",
+  "(1.0...30.0)",
+  "(1.........30)",
+  "(1..foo)",
+  "(foo..30)",
+  "(foo..bar)",
+  "(foo...bar...100)",
+  "(foo...bar...100.0)",
+]
+
+LITERAL_MARKUPS = [
+  nil,
+  'nil',
+  'null',
+  '',
+  'true',
+  'false',
+  'blank',
+  'empty',
+]
+
+MARKUPS = {
+  "string" => STRING_MARKUPS,
+  "literal" => LITERAL_MARKUPS,
+  "variable" => VARIABLE_MARKUPS,
+  "number" => NUMBER_MARKUPS,
+  "range" => RANGE_MARKUPS,
+}
+
+Benchmark.ips do |x|
+  x.config(time: 5, warmup: 5)
+
+  MARKUPS.each do |type, markups|
+    x.report("Liquid::Expression#parse: #{type}") do
+      markups.each do |markup|
+        Liquid::Expression.parse(markup)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.report("Liquid::Expression#parse: all") do
+    MARKUPS.values.flatten.each do |markup|
+      Liquid::Expression.parse(markup)
+    end
+  end
+end

performance/unit/lexer_benchmark.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "benchmark/ips"
+
+# benchmark liquid lexing
+
+require 'liquid'
+
+RubyVM::YJIT.enable
+
+EXPRESSIONS = [
+  "foo[1..2].baz",
+  "12.0",
+  "foo.bar.based",
+  "21 - 62",
+  "foo.bar.baz",
+  "foo > 12",
+  "foo < 12",
+  "foo <= 12",
+  "foo >= 12",
+  "foo <> 12",
+  "foo == 12",
+  "foo != 12",
+  "foo contains 12",
+  "foo contains 'bar'",
+  "foo != 'bar'",
+  "'foo' contains 'bar'",
+  '234089',
+  "foo | default: -1",
+]
+
+Benchmark.ips do |x|
+  x.config(time: 10, warmup: 5)
+
+  x.report("Liquid::Lexer#tokenize") do
+    EXPRESSIONS.each do |expr|
+      l = Liquid::Lexer.new(expr)
+      l.tokenize
+    end
+  end
+
+  x.compare!
+end

spec/ruby_liquid.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Liquid Spec Adapter for Shopify/liquid (Ruby reference implementation)
+#
+# Run with: bundle exec liquid-spec run spec/ruby_liquid.rb
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path('../lib', __dir__))
+require 'liquid'
+
+LiquidSpec.configure do |config|
+  # Run core Liquid specs
+  config.features = [:core]
+end
+
+# Compile a template string into a Liquid::Template
+LiquidSpec.compile do |ctx, source, options|
+  ctx[:template] = Liquid::Template.parse(source, **options)
+end
+
+# Render a compiled template with the given context
+# @param ctx [Hash] adapter context containing :template
+# @param assigns [Hash] environment variables
+# @param options [Hash] :registers, :strict_errors, :exception_renderer
+LiquidSpec.render do |ctx, assigns, options|
+  registers = Liquid::Registers.new(options[:registers] || {})
+
+  context = Liquid::Context.build(
+    static_environments: assigns,
+    registers: registers,
+    rethrow_errors: options[:strict_errors],
+  )
+
+  context.exception_renderer = options[:exception_renderer] if options[:exception_renderer]
+
+  ctx[:template].render(context)
+end

spec/ruby_liquid_lax.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Liquid Spec Adapter for Shopify/liquid with lax parsing mode
+#
+# Run with: bundle exec liquid-spec run spec/ruby_liquid_lax.rb
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path('../lib', __dir__))
+require 'liquid'
+
+LiquidSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.features = [:core, :lax_parsing]
+end
+
+# Compile a template string into a Liquid::Template
+LiquidSpec.compile do |ctx, source, options|
+  # Force lax mode
+  options = options.merge(error_mode: :lax)
+  ctx[:template] = Liquid::Template.parse(source, **options)
+end
+
+# Render a compiled template with the given context
+LiquidSpec.render do |ctx, assigns, options|
+  registers = Liquid::Registers.new(options[:registers] || {})
+
+  context = Liquid::Context.build(
+    static_environments: assigns,
+    registers: registers,
+    rethrow_errors: options[:strict_errors],
+  )
+
+  context.exception_renderer = options[:exception_renderer] if options[:exception_renderer]
+
+  ctx[:template].render(context)
+end

spec/ruby_liquid_with_active_support.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Liquid Spec Adapter for Shopify/liquid with ActiveSupport loaded
+#
+# Run with: bundle exec liquid-spec run spec/ruby_liquid_with_active_support.rb
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path('../lib', __dir__))
+require 'active_support/all'
+require 'liquid'
+
+LiquidSpec.configure do |config|
+  # Run core Liquid specs plus ActiveSupport SafeBuffer tests
+  config.features = [:core, :activesupport]
+end
+
+# Compile a template string into a Liquid::Template
+LiquidSpec.compile do |ctx, source, options|
+  ctx[:template] = Liquid::Template.parse(source, **options)
+end
+
+# Render a compiled template with the given context
+# @param ctx [Hash] adapter context containing :template
+# @param assigns [Hash] environment variables
+# @param options [Hash] :registers, :strict_errors, :exception_renderer
+LiquidSpec.render do |ctx, assigns, options|
+  registers = Liquid::Registers.new(options[:registers] || {})
+
+  context = Liquid::Context.build(
+    static_environments: assigns,
+    registers: registers,
+    rethrow_errors: options[:strict_errors],
+  )
+
+  context.exception_renderer = options[:exception_renderer] if options[:exception_renderer]
+
+  ctx[:template].render(context)
+end

spec/ruby_liquid_yjit.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Liquid Spec Adapter for Shopify/liquid with YJIT + strict mode + ActiveSupport
+#
+# Run with: bundle exec liquid-spec run spec/ruby_liquid_yjit.rb
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path('../lib', __dir__))
+
+# Enable YJIT if available
+if defined?(RubyVM::YJIT) && RubyVM::YJIT.respond_to?(:enable)
+  RubyVM::YJIT.enable
+end
+
+require 'active_support/all'
+require 'liquid'
+
+LiquidSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.features = [:core, :activesupport]
+end
+
+# Compile a template string into a Liquid::Template
+LiquidSpec.compile do |ctx, source, options|
+  # Force strict mode
+  options = { error_mode: :strict }.merge(options)
+  ctx[:template] = Liquid::Template.parse(source, **options)
+end
+
+# Render a compiled template with the given context
+LiquidSpec.render do |ctx, assigns, options|
+  registers = Liquid::Registers.new(options[:registers] || {})
+
+  context = Liquid::Context.build(
+    static_environments: assigns,
+    registers: registers,
+    rethrow_errors: options[:strict_errors],
+  )
+
+  context.exception_renderer = options[:exception_renderer] if options[:exception_renderer]
+
+  ctx[:template].render(context)
+end

test/integration/context_test.rb

@@ -36,6 +36,24 @@ class Category
   end
 end
 
+class ProductsDrop < Liquid::Drop
+  def initialize(products)
+    @products = products
+  end
+
+  def size
+    @products.size
+  end
+
+  def to_liquid
+    if @context["forloop"]
+      @products.first(@context["forloop"].length)
+    else
+      @products
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 class CategoryDrop < Liquid::Drop
   attr_accessor :category, :context
 
@@ -614,13 +632,28 @@ class ContextTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_has_key_will_not_add_an_error_for_missing_keys
-    with_error_mode(:strict) do
+    with_error_modes(:strict) do
       context = Context.new
       context.key?('unknown')
       assert_empty(context.errors)
     end
   end
 
+  def test_key_lookup_will_raise_for_missing_keys_when_strict_variables_is_enabled
+    context = Context.new
+    context.strict_variables = true
+    assert_raises(Liquid::UndefinedVariable) do
+      context['unknown']
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_has_key_will_not_raise_for_missing_keys_when_strict_variables_is_enabled
+    context = Context.new
+    context.strict_variables = true
+    refute(context.key?('unknown'))
+    assert_empty(context.errors)
+  end
+
   def test_context_always_uses_static_registers
     registers = {
       my_register: :my_value,
@@ -635,6 +668,40 @@ class ContextTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal(:my_value, c.registers[:my_register])
   end
 
+  def test_variable_to_liquid_returns_contextual_drop
+    context = {
+      "products" => ProductsDrop.new(["A", "B", "C", "D", "E"]),
+    }
+
+    template = Liquid::Template.parse(<<~LIQUID)
+      {%- for i in (1..3) -%}
+        for_loop_products_count: {{ products | size }}
+      {% endfor %}
+
+      unscoped_products_count: {{ products | size }}
+    LIQUID
+
+    result = template.render(context)
+
+    assert_includes(result, "for_loop_products_count: 3")
+    assert_includes(result, "unscoped_products_count: 5")
+  end
+
+  def test_new_isolated_context_inherits_parent_environment
+    global_environment = Liquid::Environment.build(tags: {})
+    context = Context.build(environment: global_environment)
+
+    subcontext = context.new_isolated_subcontext
+    assert_equal(global_environment, subcontext.environment)
+  end
+
+  def test_newly_built_context_inherits_parent_environment
+    global_environment = Liquid::Environment.build(tags: {})
+    context = Context.build(environment: global_environment)
+    assert_equal(global_environment, context.environment)
+    assert(context.environment.tags.each.to_a.empty?)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def assert_no_object_allocations

test/integration/error_handling_test.rb

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class ErrorHandlingTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_unrecognized_operator
-    with_error_mode(:strict) do
+    with_error_modes(:strict) do
       assert_raises(SyntaxError) do
         Liquid::Template.parse(' {% if 1 =! 2 %}ok{% endif %} ')
       end
@@ -203,20 +203,34 @@ class ErrorHandlingTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_setting_default_exception_renderer
-    old_exception_renderer = Liquid::Template.default_exception_renderer
     exceptions = []
-    Liquid::Template.default_exception_renderer = ->(e) {
+    default_exception_renderer = ->(e) {
       exceptions << e
       ''
     }
-    template = Liquid::Template.parse('This is a runtime error: {{ errors.argument_error }}')
+
+    env = Liquid::Environment.build(exception_renderer: default_exception_renderer)
+    template = Liquid::Template.parse('This is a runtime error: {{ errors.argument_error }}', environment: env)
 
     output = template.render('errors' => ErrorDrop.new)
 
     assert_equal('This is a runtime error: ', output)
     assert_equal([Liquid::ArgumentError], template.errors.map(&:class))
-  ensure
-    Liquid::Template.default_exception_renderer = old_exception_renderer if old_exception_renderer
+  end
+
+  def test_setting_exception_renderer_on_environment
+    exceptions = []
+    exception_renderer = ->(e) do
+      exceptions << e
+      ''
+    end
+
+    environment = Liquid::Environment.build(exception_renderer: exception_renderer)
+    template = Liquid::Template.parse('This is a runtime error: {{ errors.argument_error }}', environment: environment)
+    output = template.render('errors' => ErrorDrop.new)
+
+    assert_equal('This is a runtime error: ', output)
+    assert_equal([Liquid::ArgumentError], template.errors.map(&:class))
   end
 
   def test_exception_renderer_exposing_non_liquid_error
@@ -242,16 +256,10 @@ class ErrorHandlingTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_included_template_name_with_line_numbers
-    old_file_system = Liquid::Template.file_system
+    environment = Liquid::Environment.build(file_system: TestFileSystem.new)
+    template = Liquid::Template.parse("Argument error:\n{% include 'product' %}", line_numbers: true, environment: environment)
+    page     = template.render('errors' => ErrorDrop.new)
 
-    begin
-      Liquid::Template.file_system = TestFileSystem.new
-
-      template = Liquid::Template.parse("Argument error:\n{% include 'product' %}", line_numbers: true)
-      page     = template.render('errors' => ErrorDrop.new)
-    ensure
-      Liquid::Template.file_system = old_file_system
-    end
     assert_equal("Argument error:\nLiquid error (product line 1): argument error", page)
     assert_equal("product", template.errors.first.template_name)
   end

test/integration/expression_test.rb

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'test_helper'
+require 'lru_redux'
 
 class ExpressionTest < Minitest::Test
   def test_keyword_literals
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ class ExpressionTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_template_result("double quoted", '{{"double quoted"}}')
     assert_template_result("spaced", "{{ 'spaced' }}")
     assert_template_result("spaced2", "{{ 'spaced2' }}")
+    assert_template_result("emoji🔥", "{{ 'emoji🔥' }}")
   end
 
   def test_int
@@ -22,8 +24,22 @@ class ExpressionTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_float
+    assert_template_result("-17.42", "{{ -17.42 }}")
     assert_template_result("2.5", "{{ 2.5 }}")
+
+    with_error_modes(:lax) do
+      assert_expression_result(0.0, "0.....5")
+      assert_expression_result(0.0, "-0..1")
+    end
+
     assert_expression_result(1.5, "1.5")
+
+    # this is a unfortunate quirky behavior of Liquid
+    result = Expression.parse(".5")
+    assert_kind_of(Liquid::VariableLookup, result)
+
+    result = Expression.parse("-.5")
+    assert_kind_of(Liquid::VariableLookup, result)
   end
 
   def test_range
@@ -40,6 +56,131 @@ class ExpressionTest < Minitest::Test
     )
   end
 
+  def test_quirky_negative_sign_expression_markup
+    result = Expression.parse("-", nil)
+    assert(result.is_a?(VariableLookup))
+    assert_equal("-", result.name)
+
+    # for this template, the expression markup is "-"
+    assert_template_result(
+      "",
+      "{{ - 'theme.css' - }}",
+      error_mode: :lax,
+    )
+  end
+
+  def test_expression_cache
+    skip("Liquid-C does not support Expression caching") if defined?(Liquid::C) && Liquid::C.enabled
+
+    cache = {}
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {% assign x = 1 %}
+      {{ x }}
+      {% assign x = 2 %}
+      {{ x }}
+      {% assign y = 1 %}
+      {{ y }}
+    LIQUID
+
+    Liquid::Template.parse(template, expression_cache: cache).render
+
+    assert_equal(
+      ["1", "2", "x", "y"],
+      cache.to_a.map { _1[0] }.sort,
+    )
+  end
+
+  def test_expression_cache_with_true_boolean
+    skip("Liquid-C does not support Expression caching") if defined?(Liquid::C) && Liquid::C.enabled
+
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {% assign x = 1 %}
+      {{ x }}
+      {% assign x = 2 %}
+      {{ x }}
+      {% assign y = 1 %}
+      {{ y }}
+    LIQUID
+
+    parse_context = ParseContext.new(expression_cache: true)
+
+    Liquid::Template.parse(template, parse_context).render
+
+    cache = parse_context.instance_variable_get(:@expression_cache)
+
+    assert_equal(
+      ["1", "2", "x", "y"],
+      cache.to_a.map { _1[0] }.sort,
+    )
+  end
+
+  def test_expression_cache_with_lru_redux
+    skip("Liquid-C does not support Expression caching") if defined?(Liquid::C) && Liquid::C.enabled
+
+    cache = LruRedux::Cache.new(10)
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {% assign x = 1 %}
+      {{ x }}
+      {% assign x = 2 %}
+      {{ x }}
+      {% assign y = 1 %}
+      {{ y }}
+    LIQUID
+
+    Liquid::Template.parse(template, expression_cache: cache).render
+
+    assert_equal(
+      ["1", "2", "x", "y"],
+      cache.to_a.map { _1[0] }.sort,
+    )
+  end
+
+  def test_disable_expression_cache
+    skip("Liquid-C does not support Expression caching") if defined?(Liquid::C) && Liquid::C.enabled
+
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {% assign x = 1 %}
+      {{ x }}
+      {% assign x = 2 %}
+      {{ x }}
+      {% assign y = 1 %}
+      {{ y }}
+    LIQUID
+
+    parse_context = Liquid::ParseContext.new(expression_cache: false)
+    Liquid::Template.parse(template, parse_context).render
+    assert(parse_context.instance_variable_get(:@expression_cache).nil?)
+  end
+
+  def test_safe_parse_with_variable_lookup
+    parse_context = Liquid::ParseContext.new
+    parser = parse_context.new_parser('product.title')
+    result = Liquid::Expression.safe_parse(parser)
+
+    assert_instance_of(Liquid::VariableLookup, result)
+    assert_equal('product', result.name)
+    assert_equal(['title'], result.lookups)
+  end
+
+  def test_safe_parse_with_number
+    parse_context = Liquid::ParseContext.new
+    parser = parse_context.new_parser('42')
+    result = Liquid::Expression.safe_parse(parser)
+
+    assert_equal(42, result)
+  end
+
+  def test_safe_parse_raises_syntax_error_for_invalid_expression
+    parse_context = Liquid::ParseContext.new
+    parser = parse_context.new_parser('')
+
+    error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) do
+      Liquid::Expression.safe_parse(parser)
+    end
+
+    assert_match(/is not a valid expression/, error.message)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def assert_expression_result(expect, markup, **assigns)

test/integration/hash_rendering_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class HashRenderingTest < Minitest::Test
+  def test_render_empty_hash
+    assert_template_result("{}", "{{ my_hash }}", { "my_hash" => {} })
+  end
+
+  def test_render_hash_with_string_keys_and_values
+    assert_template_result("{\"key1\"=>\"value1\", \"key2\"=>\"value2\"}", "{{ my_hash }}", { "my_hash" => { "key1" => "value1", "key2" => "value2" } })
+  end
+
+  def test_render_hash_with_symbol_keys_and_integer_values
+    assert_template_result("{:key1=>1, :key2=>2}", "{{ my_hash }}", { "my_hash" => { key1: 1, key2: 2 } })
+  end
+
+  def test_render_nested_hash
+    assert_template_result("{\"outer\"=>{\"inner\"=>\"value\"}}", "{{ my_hash }}", { "my_hash" => { "outer" => { "inner" => "value" } } })
+  end
+
+  def test_render_hash_with_array_values
+    assert_template_result("{\"numbers\"=>[1, 2, 3]}", "{{ my_hash }}", { "my_hash" => { "numbers" => [1, 2, 3] } })
+  end
+
+  def test_render_recursive_hash
+    recursive_hash = { "self" => {} }
+    recursive_hash["self"]["self"] = recursive_hash
+    assert_template_result("{\"self\"=>{\"self\"=>{...}}}", "{{ my_hash }}", { "my_hash" => recursive_hash })
+  end
+
+  def test_hash_with_downcase_filter
+    assert_template_result("{\"key\"=>\"value\", \"anotherkey\"=>\"anothervalue\"}", "{{ my_hash | downcase }}", { "my_hash" => { "Key" => "Value", "AnotherKey" => "AnotherValue" } })
+  end
+
+  def test_hash_with_upcase_filter
+    assert_template_result("{\"KEY\"=>\"VALUE\", \"ANOTHERKEY\"=>\"ANOTHERVALUE\"}", "{{ my_hash | upcase }}", { "my_hash" => { "Key" => "Value", "AnotherKey" => "AnotherValue" } })
+  end
+
+  def test_hash_with_strip_filter
+    assert_template_result("{\"Key\"=>\"Value\", \"AnotherKey\"=>\"AnotherValue\"}", "{{ my_hash | strip }}", { "my_hash" => { "Key" => "Value", "AnotherKey" => "AnotherValue" } })
+  end
+
+  def test_hash_with_escape_filter
+    assert_template_result("{&quot;Key&quot;=&gt;&quot;Value&quot;, &quot;AnotherKey&quot;=&gt;&quot;AnotherValue&quot;}", "{{ my_hash | escape }}", { "my_hash" => { "Key" => "Value", "AnotherKey" => "AnotherValue" } })
+  end
+
+  def test_hash_with_url_encode_filter
+    assert_template_result("%7B%22Key%22%3D%3E%22Value%22%2C+%22AnotherKey%22%3D%3E%22AnotherValue%22%7D", "{{ my_hash | url_encode }}", { "my_hash" => { "Key" => "Value", "AnotherKey" => "AnotherValue" } })
+  end
+
+  def test_hash_with_strip_html_filter
+    assert_template_result("{\"Key\"=>\"Value\", \"AnotherKey\"=>\"AnotherValue\"}", "{{ my_hash | strip_html }}", { "my_hash" => { "Key" => "Value", "AnotherKey" => "AnotherValue" } })
+  end
+
+  def test_hash_with_truncate__20_filter
+    assert_template_result("{\"Key\"=>\"Value\", ...", "{{ my_hash | truncate: 20 }}", { "my_hash" => { "Key" => "Value", "AnotherKey" => "AnotherValue" } })
+  end
+
+  def test_hash_with_replace___key____replaced_key__filter
+    assert_template_result("{\"Key\"=>\"Value\", \"AnotherKey\"=>\"AnotherValue\"}", "{{ my_hash | replace: 'key', 'replaced_key' }}", { "my_hash" => { "Key" => "Value", "AnotherKey" => "AnotherValue" } })
+  end
+
+  def test_hash_with_append____appended_text__filter
+    assert_template_result("{\"Key\"=>\"Value\", \"AnotherKey\"=>\"AnotherValue\"} appended text", "{{ my_hash | append: ' appended text' }}", { "my_hash" => { "Key" => "Value", "AnotherKey" => "AnotherValue" } })
+  end
+
+  def test_hash_with_prepend___prepended_text___filter
+    assert_template_result("prepended text {\"Key\"=>\"Value\", \"AnotherKey\"=>\"AnotherValue\"}", "{{ my_hash | prepend: 'prepended text ' }}", { "my_hash" => { "Key" => "Value", "AnotherKey" => "AnotherValue" } })
+  end
+
+  def test_render_hash_with_array_values_empty
+    assert_template_result("{\"numbers\"=>[]}", "{{ my_hash }}", { "my_hash" => { "numbers" => [] } })
+  end
+
+  def test_render_hash_with_array_values_hash
+    assert_template_result("{\"numbers\"=>[{:foo=>42}]}", "{{ my_hash }}", { "my_hash" => { "numbers" => [{ foo: 42 }] } })
+  end
+
+  def test_join_filter_with_hash
+    array = [{ "key1" => "value1" }, { "key2" => "value2" }]
+    glue = { "lol" => "wut" }
+    assert_template_result("{\"key1\"=>\"value1\"}{\"lol\"=>\"wut\"}{\"key2\"=>\"value2\"}", "{{ my_array | join: glue }}", { "my_array" => array, "glue" => glue })
+  end
+
+  def test_render_hash_with_hash_key
+    assert_template_result("{{\"foo\"=>\"bar\"}=>42}", "{{ my_hash }}", { "my_hash" => { Hash["foo" => "bar"] => 42 } })
+  end
+
+  def test_rendering_hash_with_custom_to_s_method_uses_custom_to_s
+    assert_template_result("kewl", "{{ my_hash }}", { "my_hash" => HashWithCustomToS.new })
+  end
+
+  def test_rendering_hash_without_custom_to_s_uses_default_inspect
+    my_hash = HashWithoutCustomToS.new
+    my_hash[:foo] = :bar
+
+    assert_template_result("{:foo=>:bar}", "{{ my_hash }}", { "my_hash" => my_hash })
+  end
+end

test/integration/parsing_quirks_test.rb

@@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ class ParsingQuirksTest < Minitest::Test
   def test_error_on_empty_filter
     assert(Template.parse("{{test}}"))
 
-    with_error_mode(:lax) do
+    with_error_modes(:lax) do
       assert(Template.parse("{{|test}}"))
     end
 
-    with_error_mode(:strict) do
+    with_error_modes(:strict) do
       assert_raises(SyntaxError) { Template.parse("{{|test}}") }
       assert_raises(SyntaxError) { Template.parse("{{test |a|b|}}") }
     end
   end
 
   def test_meaningless_parens_error
-    with_error_mode(:strict) do
+    with_error_modes(:strict) do
       assert_raises(SyntaxError) do
         markup = "a == 'foo' or (b == 'bar' and c == 'baz') or false"
         Template.parse("{% if #{markup} %} YES {% endif %}")
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ParsingQuirksTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_unexpected_characters_syntax_error
-    with_error_mode(:strict) do
+    with_error_modes(:strict) do
       assert_raises(SyntaxError) do
         markup = "true && false"
         Template.parse("{% if #{markup} %} YES {% endif %}")
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class ParsingQuirksTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_meaningless_parens_lax
-    with_error_mode(:lax) do
+    with_error_modes(:lax) do
       assigns = { 'b' => 'bar', 'c' => 'baz' }
       markup  = "a == 'foo' or (b == 'bar' and c == 'baz') or false"
       assert_template_result(' YES ', "{% if #{markup} %} YES {% endif %}", assigns)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class ParsingQuirksTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_unexpected_characters_silently_eat_logic_lax
-    with_error_mode(:lax) do
+    with_error_modes(:lax) do
       markup = "true && false"
       assert_template_result(' YES ', "{% if #{markup} %} YES {% endif %}")
       markup = "false || true"
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class ParsingQuirksTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_unanchored_filter_arguments
-    with_error_mode(:lax) do
+    with_error_modes(:lax) do
       assert_template_result('hi', "{{ 'hi there' | split$$$:' ' | first }}")
 
       assert_template_result('x', "{{ 'X' | downcase) }}")
@@ -106,14 +106,14 @@ class ParsingQuirksTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_invalid_variables_work
-    with_error_mode(:lax) do
+    with_error_modes(:lax) do
       assert_template_result('bar', "{% assign 123foo = 'bar' %}{{ 123foo }}")
       assert_template_result('123', "{% assign 123 = 'bar' %}{{ 123 }}")
     end
   end
 
   def test_extra_dots_in_ranges
-    with_error_mode(:lax) do
+    with_error_modes(:lax) do
       assert_template_result('12345', "{% for i in (1...5) %}{{ i }}{% endfor %}")
     end
   end
@@ -131,4 +131,24 @@ class ParsingQuirksTest < Minitest::Test
   def test_contains_in_id
     assert_template_result(' YES ', '{% if containsallshipments == true %} YES {% endif %}', { 'containsallshipments' => true })
   end
+
+  def test_incomplete_expression
+    with_error_modes(:lax) do
+      assert_template_result("false", "{{ false - }}")
+      assert_template_result("false", "{{ false > }}")
+      assert_template_result("false", "{{ false < }}")
+      assert_template_result("false", "{{ false = }}")
+      assert_template_result("false", "{{ false ! }}")
+      assert_template_result("false", "{{ false 1 }}")
+      assert_template_result("false", "{{ false a }}")
+
+      assert_template_result("false", "{% liquid assign foo = false -\n%}{{ foo }}")
+      assert_template_result("false", "{% liquid assign foo = false >\n%}{{ foo }}")
+      assert_template_result("false", "{% liquid assign foo = false <\n%}{{ foo }}")
+      assert_template_result("false", "{% liquid assign foo = false =\n%}{{ foo }}")
+      assert_template_result("false", "{% liquid assign foo = false !\n%}{{ foo }}")
+      assert_template_result("false", "{% liquid assign foo = false 1\n%}{{ foo }}")
+      assert_template_result("false", "{% liquid assign foo = false a\n%}{{ foo }}")
+    end
+  end
 end # ParsingQuirksTest

test/integration/profiler_test.rb

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class ProfilerTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def setup
-    Liquid::Template.file_system = ProfilingFileSystem.new
+    Liquid::Environment.default.file_system = ProfilingFileSystem.new
   end
 
   def test_template_allows_flagging_profiling

test/integration/security_test.rb

@@ -44,33 +44,40 @@ class SecurityTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_does_not_permanently_add_filters_to_symbol_table
-    current_symbols = Symbol.all_symbols
+    assert_no_new_symbols do
+      # MRI imprecisely marks objects found on the C stack, which can result
+      # in uninitialized memory being marked. This can even result in the test failing
+      # deterministically for a given compilation of ruby. Using a separate thread will
+      # keep these writes of the symbol pointer on a separate stack that will be garbage
+      # collected after Thread#join.
+      Thread.new do
+        test = %( {{ "some_string" | a_bad_filter }} )
+        Template.parse(test).render!
+        nil
+      end.join
 
-    # MRI imprecisely marks objects found on the C stack, which can result
-    # in uninitialized memory being marked. This can even result in the test failing
-    # deterministically for a given compilation of ruby. Using a separate thread will
-    # keep these writes of the symbol pointer on a separate stack that will be garbage
-    # collected after Thread#join.
-    Thread.new do
-      test = %( {{ "some_string" | a_bad_filter }} )
-      Template.parse(test).render!
-      nil
-    end.join
-
-    GC.start
-
-    assert_equal([], (Symbol.all_symbols - current_symbols))
+      GC.start
+    end
   end
 
   def test_does_not_add_drop_methods_to_symbol_table
+    assert_no_new_symbols do
+      assigns = { 'drop' => Drop.new }
+      assert_equal("", Template.parse("{{ drop.custom_method_1 }}", assigns).render!)
+      assert_equal("", Template.parse("{{ drop.custom_method_2 }}", assigns).render!)
+      assert_equal("", Template.parse("{{ drop.custom_method_3 }}", assigns).render!)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def assert_no_new_symbols
+    # Run once to trigger any first-time initialization which might create some symbols,
+    # for example autoload or lazy method parsing might create symbols on first execution.
+    yield
+
+    # Ensure no new symbols for further runs, i.e. the code does not leak symbols
     current_symbols = Symbol.all_symbols
-
-    assigns = { 'drop' => Drop.new }
-    assert_equal("", Template.parse("{{ drop.custom_method_1 }}", assigns).render!)
-    assert_equal("", Template.parse("{{ drop.custom_method_2 }}", assigns).render!)
-    assert_equal("", Template.parse("{{ drop.custom_method_3 }}", assigns).render!)
-
-    assert_equal([], (Symbol.all_symbols - current_symbols))
+    yield
+    assert_equal([], Symbol.all_symbols - current_symbols)
   end
 
   def test_max_depth_nested_blocks_does_not_raise_exception

test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class TestDrop < Liquid::Drop
   attr_reader :value
 
   def registers
-    { @value => @context.registers[@value] }
+    "{#{@value.inspect}=>#{@context.registers[@value].inspect}}"
   end
 end
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_slice_on_arrays
-    input = 'foobar'.split(//)
+    input = 'foobar'.split('')
     assert_equal(%w(o o b), @filters.slice(input, 1, 3))
     assert_equal(%w(o o b a r), @filters.slice(input, 1, 1000))
     assert_equal(%w(), @filters.slice(input, 1, 0))
@@ -133,6 +133,18 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal([], @filters.slice(input, -(1 << 63), 6))
   end
 
+  def test_find_on_empty_array
+    assert_nil(@filters.find([], 'foo', 'bar'))
+  end
+
+  def test_find_index_on_empty_array
+    assert_nil(@filters.find_index([], 'foo', 'bar'))
+  end
+
+  def test_has_on_empty_array
+    refute(@filters.has([], 'foo', 'bar'))
+  end
+
   def test_truncate
     assert_equal('1234...', @filters.truncate('1234567890', 7))
     assert_equal('1234567890', @filters.truncate('1234567890', 20))
@@ -152,6 +164,13 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal(['A', 'Z'], @filters.split('A1Z', 1))
   end
 
+  def test_squish_filter
+    assert_equal("foo bar boo", Liquid::Template.parse(%({{ " foo   bar
+\t   boo   " | squish }})).render)
+    assert_equal("", Liquid::Template.parse('{{ nil | squish }}').render)
+    assert_equal("", Liquid::Template.parse('{{ " " | squish }}').render)
+  end
+
   def test_escape
     assert_equal('&lt;strong&gt;', @filters.escape('<strong>'))
     assert_equal('1', @filters.escape(1))
@@ -176,7 +195,17 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_base64_decode
-    assert_equal('one two three', @filters.base64_decode('b25lIHR3byB0aHJlZQ=='))
+    decoded = @filters.base64_decode('b25lIHR3byB0aHJlZQ==')
+    assert_equal('one two three', decoded)
+    assert_equal(Encoding::UTF_8, decoded.encoding)
+
+    decoded = @filters.base64_decode('4pyF')
+    assert_equal('✅', decoded)
+    assert_equal(Encoding::UTF_8, decoded.encoding)
+
+    decoded = @filters.base64_decode("/w==")
+    assert_equal(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT, decoded.encoding)
+    assert_equal((+"\xFF").force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT), decoded)
 
     exception = assert_raises(Liquid::ArgumentError) do
       @filters.base64_decode("invalidbase64")
@@ -194,10 +223,21 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_base64_url_safe_decode
+    decoded = @filters.base64_url_safe_decode('YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXogQUJDREVGR0hJSktMTU5PUFFSU1RVVldYWVogMTIzNDU2Nzg5MCAhQCMkJV4mKigpLT1fKy8_Ljo7W117fVx8')
     assert_equal(
       'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 !@#$%^&*()-=_+/?.:;[]{}\|',
-      @filters.base64_url_safe_decode('YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXogQUJDREVGR0hJSktMTU5PUFFSU1RVVldYWVogMTIzNDU2Nzg5MCAhQCMkJV4mKigpLT1fKy8_Ljo7W117fVx8'),
+      decoded,
     )
+    assert_equal(Encoding::UTF_8, decoded.encoding)
+
+    decoded = @filters.base64_url_safe_decode('4pyF')
+    assert_equal('✅', decoded)
+    assert_equal(Encoding::UTF_8, decoded.encoding)
+
+    decoded = @filters.base64_url_safe_decode("_w==")
+    assert_equal(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT, decoded.encoding)
+    assert_equal((+"\xFF").force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT), decoded)
+
     exception = assert_raises(Liquid::ArgumentError) do
       @filters.base64_url_safe_decode("invalidbase64")
     end
@@ -260,6 +300,10 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal('1121314', @filters.join([1, 2, 3, 4], 1))
   end
 
+  def test_join_calls_to_liquid_on_each_element
+    assert_equal('i did it, i did it', @filters.join([CustomToLiquidDrop.new('i did it'), CustomToLiquidDrop.new('i did it')], ", "))
+  end
+
   def test_sort
     assert_equal([1, 2, 3, 4], @filters.sort([4, 3, 2, 1]))
     assert_equal([{ "a" => 1 }, { "a" => 2 }, { "a" => 3 }, { "a" => 4 }], @filters.sort([{ "a" => 4 }, { "a" => 3 }, { "a" => 1 }, { "a" => 2 }], "a"))
@@ -310,8 +354,8 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
       { "price" => "1", "handle" => "gamma" },
       { "price" => 2, "handle" => "epsilon" },
       { "price" => "4", "handle" => "alpha" },
-      { "handle" => "delta" },
       { "handle" => "beta" },
+      { "handle" => "delta" },
     ]
     assert_equal(expectation, @filters.sort_natural(input, "price"))
   end
@@ -517,12 +561,23 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     end
   end
 
-  def test_map_returns_empty_with_no_property
+  def test_map_with_value_property
+    array = [
+      { "handle" => "alpha", "value" => "A" },
+      { "handle" => "beta", "value" => "B" },
+      { "handle" => "gamma", "value" => "C" }
+    ]
+
+    assert_template_result("A B C", "{{ array | map: 'value' | join: ' ' }}", { "array" => array })
+  end
+
+  def test_map_returns_input_with_no_property
     foo = [
       [1],
       [2],
       [3],
     ]
+
     assert_raises(Liquid::ArgumentError) do
       @filters.map(foo, nil)
     end
@@ -579,6 +634,40 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_nil(@filters.last([]))
   end
 
+  def test_first_last_on_strings
+    # Ruby's String class does not have first/last methods by default.
+    # ActiveSupport adds String#first and String#last to return the first/last character.
+    # Liquid must work without ActiveSupport, so the first/last filters handle strings specially.
+    #
+    # This enables template patterns like:
+    #   {{ product.title | first }}  => "S" (for "Snowboard")
+    #   {{ customer.name | last }}   => "h" (for "Smith")
+    #
+    # Note: ActiveSupport returns "" for empty strings, not nil.
+    assert_equal('f', @filters.first('foo'))
+    assert_equal('o', @filters.last('foo'))
+    assert_equal('', @filters.first(''))
+    assert_equal('', @filters.last(''))
+  end
+
+  def test_first_last_on_unicode_strings
+    # Unicode strings should return the first/last grapheme cluster (character),
+    # not the first/last byte. Ruby's String#[] handles this correctly with index 0/-1.
+    # This ensures international text works properly:
+    #   {{ korean_name | first }} => "고" (not a partial byte sequence)
+    assert_equal('고', @filters.first('고스트빈'))
+    assert_equal('빈', @filters.last('고스트빈'))
+  end
+
+  def test_first_last_on_strings_via_template
+    # Integration test to verify the filter works end-to-end in templates.
+    # Empty strings return empty output (nil renders as empty string).
+    assert_template_result('f', '{{ name | first }}', { 'name' => 'foo' })
+    assert_template_result('o', '{{ name | last }}', { 'name' => 'foo' })
+    assert_template_result('', '{{ name | first }}', { 'name' => '' })
+    assert_template_result('', '{{ name | last }}', { 'name' => '' })
+  end
+
   def test_replace
     assert_equal('b b b b', @filters.replace('a a a a', 'a', 'b'))
     assert_equal('2 2 2 2', @filters.replace('1 1 1 1', 1, 2))
@@ -806,21 +895,233 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_template_result('abc', "{{ 'abc' | date: '%D' }}")
   end
 
-  def test_where
-    input = [
+  def test_reject
+    array = [
       { "handle" => "alpha", "ok" => true },
       { "handle" => "beta", "ok" => false },
       { "handle" => "gamma", "ok" => false },
       { "handle" => "delta", "ok" => true },
     ]
 
-    expectation = [
+    template = "{{ array | reject: 'ok' | map: 'handle' | join: ' ' }}"
+    expected_output = "beta gamma"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "array" => array })
+  end
+
+  def test_reject_with_value
+    array = [
       { "handle" => "alpha", "ok" => true },
+      { "handle" => "beta", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "gamma", "ok" => false },
       { "handle" => "delta", "ok" => true },
     ]
 
-    assert_equal(expectation, @filters.where(input, "ok", true))
-    assert_equal(expectation, @filters.where(input, "ok"))
+    template = "{{ array | reject: 'ok', true | map: 'handle' | join: ' ' }}"
+    expected_output = "beta gamma"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "array" => array })
+  end
+
+  def test_reject_with_false_value
+    array = [
+      { "handle" => "alpha", "ok" => true },
+      { "handle" => "beta", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "gamma", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "delta", "ok" => true },
+    ]
+
+    template = "{{ array | reject: 'ok', false | map: 'handle' | join: ' ' }}"
+    expected_output = "alpha delta"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "array" => array })
+  end
+
+  def test_has
+    array = [
+      { "handle" => "alpha", "ok" => true },
+      { "handle" => "beta", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "gamma", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "delta", "ok" => false },
+    ]
+
+    expected_output = "true"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, "{{ array | has: 'ok' }}", { "array" => array })
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, "{{ array | has: 'ok', true }}", { "array" => array })
+  end
+
+  def test_has_when_does_not_have_it
+    array = [
+      { "handle" => "alpha", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "beta", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "gamma", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "delta", "ok" => false },
+    ]
+
+    expected_output = "false"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, "{{ array | has: 'ok' }}", { "array" => array })
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, "{{ array | has: 'ok', true }}", { "array" => array })
+  end
+
+  def test_has_with_empty_arrays
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- assign has_product = products | has: 'title.content', 'Not found' -%}
+      {%- unless has_product -%}
+        Product not found.
+      {%- endunless -%}
+    LIQUID
+    expected_output = "Product not found."
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "products" => [] })
+  end
+
+  def test_has_with_false_value
+    array = [
+      { "handle" => "alpha", "ok" => true },
+      { "handle" => "beta", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "gamma", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "delta", "ok" => true },
+    ]
+
+    template = "{{ array | has: 'ok', false }}"
+    expected_output = "true"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "array" => array })
+  end
+
+  def test_has_with_false_value_when_does_not_have_it
+    array = [
+      { "handle" => "alpha", "ok" => true },
+      { "handle" => "beta", "ok" => true },
+      { "handle" => "gamma", "ok" => true },
+      { "handle" => "delta", "ok" => true },
+    ]
+
+    template = "{{ array | has: 'ok', false }}"
+    expected_output = "false"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "array" => array })
+  end
+
+  def test_find_with_value
+    products = [
+      { "title" => "Pro goggles",    "price" => 1299 },
+      { "title" => "Thermal gloves", "price" => 1499 },
+      { "title" => "Alpine jacket",  "price" => 3999 },
+      { "title" => "Mountain boots", "price" => 3899 },
+      { "title" => "Safety helmet",  "price" => 1999 }
+    ]
+
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- assign product = products | find: 'price', 3999 -%}
+      {{- product.title -}}
+    LIQUID
+    expected_output = "Alpine jacket"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "products" => products })
+  end
+
+  def test_find_with_empty_arrays
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- assign product = products | find: 'title.content', 'Not found' -%}
+      {%- unless product -%}
+        Product not found.
+      {%- endunless -%}
+    LIQUID
+    expected_output = "Product not found."
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "products" => [] })
+  end
+
+  def test_find_index_with_value
+    products = [
+      { "title" => "Pro goggles",    "price" => 1299 },
+      { "title" => "Thermal gloves", "price" => 1499 },
+      { "title" => "Alpine jacket",  "price" => 3999 },
+      { "title" => "Mountain boots", "price" => 3899 },
+      { "title" => "Safety helmet",  "price" => 1999 }
+    ]
+
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- assign index = products | find_index: 'price', 3999 -%}
+      {{- index -}}
+    LIQUID
+    expected_output = "2"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "products" => products })
+  end
+
+  def test_find_index_with_empty_arrays
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- assign index = products | find_index: 'title.content', 'Not found' -%}
+      {%- unless index -%}
+        Index not found.
+      {%- endunless -%}
+    LIQUID
+    expected_output = "Index not found."
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "products" => [] })
+  end
+
+  def test_where
+    array = [
+      { "handle" => "alpha", "ok" => true },
+      { "handle" => "beta", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "gamma", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "delta", "ok" => true },
+    ]
+
+    template = "{{ array | where: 'ok' | map: 'handle' | join: ' ' }}"
+    expected_output = "alpha delta"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "array" => array })
+  end
+
+  def test_where_with_empty_string_is_a_no_op
+    environment = { "array" => ["alpha", "beta", "gamma"] }
+    expected_output = "alpha beta gamma"
+    template = "{{ array | where: '' | join: ' ' }}"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, environment)
+  end
+
+  def test_where_with_nil_is_a_no_op
+    environment = { "array" => ["alpha", "beta", "gamma"] }
+    template = "{{ array | where: nil | join: ' ' }}"
+
+    assert_raises(Liquid::ArgumentError) do
+      assert_template_result("alpha beta gamma", template, environment)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_where_with_value
+    array = [
+      { "handle" => "alpha", "ok" => true },
+      { "handle" => "beta", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "gamma", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "delta", "ok" => true },
+    ]
+
+    template = "{{ array | where: 'ok', true | map: 'handle' | join: ' ' }}"
+    expected_output = "alpha delta"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "array" => array })
+  end
+
+  def test_where_with_false_value
+    array = [
+      { "handle" => "alpha", "ok" => true },
+      { "handle" => "beta", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "gamma", "ok" => false },
+      { "handle" => "delta", "ok" => true },
+    ]
+
+    template = "{{ array | where: 'ok', false | map: 'handle' | join: ' ' }}"
+    expected_output = "beta gamma"
+
+    assert_template_result(expected_output, template, { "array" => array })
   end
 
   def test_where_string_keys
@@ -880,6 +1181,8 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_all_filters_never_raise_non_liquid_exception
+    skip("too slow on non-CRuby due to many exceptions") unless RUBY_ENGINE == 'ruby'
+
     test_drop = TestDrop.new(value: "test")
     test_drop.context = Context.new
     test_enum = TestEnumerable.new
@@ -994,6 +1297,69 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     assert(t.foo > 0)
   end
 
+  def test_sum_of_floats
+    input = [0.1, 0.2, 0.3]
+    assert_equal(0.6, @filters.sum(input))
+    assert_template_result("0.6", "{{ input | sum }}", { "input" => input })
+  end
+
+  def test_sum_of_negative_floats
+    input = [0.1, 0.2, -0.3]
+    assert_equal(0.0, @filters.sum(input))
+    assert_template_result("0.0", "{{ input | sum }}", { "input" => input })
+  end
+
+  def test_sum_with_float_strings
+    input = [0.1, "0.2", "0.3"]
+    assert_equal(0.6, @filters.sum(input))
+    assert_template_result("0.6", "{{ input | sum }}", { "input" => input })
+  end
+
+  def test_sum_resulting_in_negative_float
+    input = [0.1, -0.2, -0.3]
+    assert_equal(-0.4, @filters.sum(input))
+    assert_template_result("-0.4", "{{ input | sum }}", { "input" => input })
+  end
+
+  def test_sum_with_floats_and_indexable_map_values
+    input = [{ "quantity" => 1 }, { "quantity" => 0.2, "weight" => -0.3 }, { "weight" => 0.4 }]
+    assert_equal(0.0, @filters.sum(input))
+    assert_equal(1.2, @filters.sum(input, "quantity"))
+    assert_equal(0.1, @filters.sum(input, "weight"))
+    assert_equal(0.0, @filters.sum(input, "subtotal"))
+    assert_template_result("0", "{{ input | sum }}", { "input" => input })
+    assert_template_result("1.2", "{{ input | sum: 'quantity' }}", { "input" => input })
+    assert_template_result("0.1", "{{ input | sum: 'weight' }}", { "input" => input })
+    assert_template_result("0", "{{ input | sum: 'subtotal' }}", { "input" => input })
+  end
+
+  def test_sum_with_non_string_property
+    input = [{ true => 1 }, { 1.0 => 0.2, 1 => -0.3 }, { 1..5 => 0.4 }]
+
+    assert_equal(1, @filters.sum(input, true))
+    assert_equal(0.2, @filters.sum(input, 1.0))
+    assert_equal(-0.3, @filters.sum(input, 1))
+    assert_equal(0.4, @filters.sum(input, 1..5))
+    assert_equal(0, @filters.sum(input, nil))
+    assert_equal(0, @filters.sum(input, ""))
+  end
+
+  def test_uniq_with_to_liquid_value
+    input = [StringDrop.new("foo"), StringDrop.new("bar"), "foo"]
+    expected = [StringDrop.new("foo"), StringDrop.new("bar")]
+    result = @filters.uniq(input)
+
+    assert_equal(expected, result)
+  end
+
+  def test_uniq_with_to_liquid_value_pick_correct_classes
+    input = ["foo", StringDrop.new("foo"), StringDrop.new("bar")]
+    expected = [String, StringDrop]
+    result = @filters.uniq(input).map(&:class)
+
+    assert_equal(expected, result)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def with_timezone(tz)

test/integration/tags/cycle_tag_test.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class CycleTagTest < Minitest::Test
+  def test_simple_cycle_inside_for_loop
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- for i in (1..3) -%}
+        {%- cycle '1', '2', '3' -%}
+      {%- endfor -%}
+    LIQUID
+
+    assert_template_result("123", template)
+  end
+
+  def test_cycle_with_variables_inside_for_loop
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- assign a = 1 -%}
+      {%- assign b = 2 -%}
+      {%- assign c = 3 -%}
+      {%- for i in (1..3) -%}
+        {% cycle a, b, c %}
+      {%- endfor -%}
+    LIQUID
+
+    assert_template_result("123", template)
+  end
+
+  def test_cycle_named_groups_string
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- for i in (1..3) -%}
+        {%- cycle 'placeholder1': 1, 2, 3 -%}
+        {%- cycle 'placeholder2': 1, 2, 3 -%}
+      {%- endfor -%}
+    LIQUID
+
+    assert_template_result("112233", template)
+  end
+
+  def test_cycle_named_groups_vlookup
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- assign placeholder1 = 'placeholder1' -%}
+      {%- assign placeholder2 = 'placeholder2' -%}
+      {%- for i in (1..3) -%}
+        {%- cycle placeholder1: 1, 2, 3 -%}
+        {%- cycle placeholder2: 1, 2, 3 -%}
+      {%- endfor -%}
+    LIQUID
+
+    assert_template_result("112233", template)
+  end
+
+  def test_unnamed_cycle_have_independent_counters_when_used_with_lookups
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- assign a = "1" -%}
+      {%- for i in (1..3) -%}
+        {%- cycle a, "2" -%}
+        {%- cycle a, "2" -%}
+      {%- endfor -%}
+    LIQUID
+
+    assert_template_result("112211", template)
+  end
+
+  def test_unnamed_cycle_dependent_counter_when_used_with_literal_values
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- cycle "1", "2" -%}
+      {%- cycle "1", "2" -%}
+      {%- cycle "1", "2" -%}
+    LIQUID
+
+    assert_template_result("121", template)
+  end
+
+  def test_optional_trailing_comma
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {%- cycle "1", "2", -%}
+      {%- cycle "1", "2", -%}
+      {%- cycle "1", "2", -%}
+      {%- cycle "1", -%}
+    LIQUID
+
+    assert_template_result("1211", template)
+  end
+
+  def test_cycle_tag_without_arguments
+    error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) do
+      Template.parse("{% cycle %}")
+    end
+
+    assert_match(/Syntax Error in 'cycle' - Valid syntax: cycle \[name :\] var/, error.message)
+  end
+
+  def test_cycle_tag_with_error_mode
+    # QuotedFragment is more permissive than what Parser#expression allows.
+    template1 = "{% assign 5 = 'b' %}{% cycle .5, .4 %}"
+    template2 = "{% cycle .5: 'a', 'b' %}"
+
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      assert_template_result("b", template1)
+      assert_template_result("a", template2)
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error1 = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template1) }
+      error2 = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template2) }
+
+      expected_error = /Liquid syntax error: \[:dot, "."\] is not a valid expression/
+
+      assert_match(expected_error, error1.message)
+      assert_match(expected_error, error2.message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_cycle_with_trailing_elements
+    assignments = "{% assign a = 'A' %}{% assign n = 'N' %}"
+
+    template1 = "#{assignments}{% cycle       'a'  'b', 'c' %}"
+    template2 = "#{assignments}{% cycle name: 'a'  'b', 'c' %}"
+    template3 = "#{assignments}{% cycle name: 'a', 'b'  'c' %}"
+    template4 = "#{assignments}{% cycle n  e: 'a', 'b', 'c' %}"
+    template5 = "#{assignments}{% cycle n  e  'a', 'b', 'c' %}"
+
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      assert_template_result("a", template1)
+      assert_template_result("a", template2)
+      assert_template_result("a", template3)
+      assert_template_result("N", template4)
+      assert_template_result("N", template5)
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error1 = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template1) }
+      error2 = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template2) }
+      error3 = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template3) }
+      error4 = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template4) }
+      error5 = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template5) }
+
+      expected_error = /Expected end_of_string but found/
+
+      assert_match(expected_error, error1.message)
+      assert_match(expected_error, error2.message)
+      assert_match(expected_error, error3.message)
+      assert_match(expected_error, error4.message)
+      assert_match(expected_error, error5.message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_cycle_name_with_invalid_expression
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {% for i in (1..3) %}
+        {% cycle foo=>bar: "a", "b" %}
+      {% endfor %}
+    LIQUID
+
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      refute_nil(Template.parse(template))
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/Unexpected character =/, error.message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_cycle_variable_with_invalid_expression
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {% for i in (1..3) %}
+        {% cycle foo=>bar, "a", "b" %}
+      {% endfor %}
+    LIQUID
+
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      refute_nil(Template.parse(template))
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/Unexpected character =/, error.message)
+    end
+  end
+end

test/integration/tags/include_tag_test.rb

@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ end
 class IncludeTagTest < Minitest::Test
   include Liquid
 
-  def setup
-    @default_file_system = Liquid::Template.file_system
-  end
-
-  def teardown
-    Liquid::Template.file_system = @default_file_system
-  end
-
   def test_include_tag_looks_for_file_system_in_registers_first
     assert_equal(
       'from OtherFileSystem',
@@ -182,10 +174,10 @@ class IncludeTagTest < Minitest::Test
       end
     end
 
-    Liquid::Template.file_system = infinite_file_system.new
+    env = Liquid::Environment.build(file_system: infinite_file_system.new)
 
     assert_raises(Liquid::StackLevelError) do
-      Template.parse("{% include 'loop' %}").render!
+      Template.parse("{% include 'loop' %}", environment: env).render!
     end
   end
 
@@ -212,11 +204,38 @@ class IncludeTagTest < Minitest::Test
     )
   end
 
+  def test_strict2_parsing_errors
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      assert_template_result(
+        'hello value1 value2',
+        '{% include "snippet" !!! arg1: "value1" ~~~ arg2: "value2" %}',
+        partials: { 'snippet' => 'hello {{ arg1 }} {{ arg2 }}' },
+      )
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_syntax_error(
+        '{% include "snippet" !!! arg1: "value1" ~~~ arg2: "value2" %}',
+      )
+      assert_syntax_error(
+        '{% include "snippet" | filter %}',
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_optional_commas
+    partials = { 'snippet' => 'hello {{ arg1 }} {{ arg2 }}' }
+    assert_template_result('hello value1 value2', '{% include "snippet", arg1: "value1", arg2: "value2" %}', partials: partials)
+    assert_template_result('hello value1 value2', '{% include "snippet"  arg1: "value1", arg2: "value2" %}', partials: partials)
+    assert_template_result('hello value1 value2', '{% include "snippet"  arg1: "value1"  arg2: "value2" %}', partials: partials)
+  end
+
   def test_include_tag_caches_second_read_of_same_partial
     file_system = CountingFileSystem.new
+    environment = Liquid::Environment.build(file_system: file_system)
     assert_equal(
       'from CountingFileSystemfrom CountingFileSystem',
-      Template.parse("{% include 'pick_a_source' %}{% include 'pick_a_source' %}").render!({}, registers: { file_system: file_system }),
+      Template.parse("{% include 'pick_a_source' %}{% include 'pick_a_source' %}", environment: environment).render!({}, registers: { file_system: file_system }),
     )
     assert_equal(1, file_system.count)
   end
@@ -271,26 +290,27 @@ class IncludeTagTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_does_not_add_error_in_strict_mode_for_missing_variable
-    Liquid::Template.file_system = TestFileSystem.new
+    env = Liquid::Environment.build(file_system: TestFileSystem.new)
 
-    a = Liquid::Template.parse(' {% include "nested_template" %}')
+    a = Liquid::Template.parse(' {% include "nested_template" %}', environment: env)
     a.render!
     assert_empty(a.errors)
   end
 
   def test_passing_options_to_included_templates
-    Liquid::Template.file_system = TestFileSystem.new
+    env = Liquid::Environment.build(file_system: TestFileSystem.new)
+
     assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) do
-      Template.parse("{% include template %}", error_mode: :strict).render!("template" => '{{ "X" || downcase }}')
+      Template.parse("{% include template %}", error_mode: :strict, environment: env).render!("template" => '{{ "X" || downcase }}')
     end
-    with_error_mode(:lax) do
-      assert_equal('x', Template.parse("{% include template %}", error_mode: :strict, include_options_blacklist: true).render!("template" => '{{ "X" || downcase }}'))
+    with_error_modes(:lax) do
+      assert_equal('x', Template.parse("{% include template %}", error_mode: :strict, include_options_blacklist: true, environment: env).render!("template" => '{{ "X" || downcase }}'))
     end
     assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) do
-      Template.parse("{% include template %}", error_mode: :strict, include_options_blacklist: [:locale]).render!("template" => '{{ "X" || downcase }}')
+      Template.parse("{% include template %}", error_mode: :strict, include_options_blacklist: [:locale], environment: env).render!("template" => '{{ "X" || downcase }}')
     end
-    with_error_mode(:lax) do
-      assert_equal('x', Template.parse("{% include template %}", error_mode: :strict, include_options_blacklist: [:error_mode]).render!("template" => '{{ "X" || downcase }}'))
+    with_error_modes(:lax) do
+      assert_equal('x', Template.parse("{% include template %}", error_mode: :strict, include_options_blacklist: [:error_mode], environment: env).render!("template" => '{{ "X" || downcase }}'))
     end
   end
 
@@ -341,8 +361,11 @@ class IncludeTagTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_including_with_strict_variables
-    Liquid::Template.file_system = StubFileSystem.new({ "simple" => "simple" })
-    template = Liquid::Template.parse("{% include 'simple' %}", error_mode: :warn)
+    env = Liquid::Environment.build(
+      file_system: StubFileSystem.new('simple' => 'simple'),
+    )
+
+    template = Liquid::Template.parse("{% include 'simple' %}", error_mode: :warn, environment: env)
     template.render(nil, strict_variables: true)
 
     assert_equal([], template.errors)
@@ -377,4 +400,43 @@ class IncludeTagTest < Minitest::Test
       render_errors: true,
     )
   end
+
+  def test_include_template_with_invalid_expression
+    template = "{% include foo=>bar %}"
+
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      refute_nil(Template.parse(template))
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/Unexpected character =/, error.message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_include_with_invalid_expression
+    template = '{% include "snippet" with foo=>bar %}'
+
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      refute_nil(Template.parse(template))
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/Unexpected character =/, error.message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_include_attribute_with_invalid_expression
+    template = '{% include "snippet", key: foo=>bar %}'
+
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      refute_nil(Template.parse(template))
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/Unexpected character =/, error.message)
+    end
+  end
 end # IncludeTagTest

test/integration/tags/raw_tag_test.rb

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class RawTagTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_template_result('>{{ test }}<', '> {%- raw -%}{{ test }}{%- endraw -%} <')
     assert_template_result("> inner  <", "> {%- raw -%} inner {%- endraw %} <")
     assert_template_result("> inner <", "> {%- raw -%} inner {%- endraw -%} <")
+    assert_template_result("{Hello}", "{% raw %}{{% endraw %}Hello{% raw %}}{% endraw %}")
   end
 
   def test_open_tag_in_raw

test/integration/tags/render_tag_test.rb

@@ -82,19 +82,22 @@ class RenderTagTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_recursively_rendered_template_does_not_produce_endless_loop
-    Liquid::Template.file_system = StubFileSystem.new('loop' => '{% render "loop" %}')
+    env = Liquid::Environment.build(
+      file_system: StubFileSystem.new('loop' => '{% render "loop" %}'),
+    )
 
     assert_raises(Liquid::StackLevelError) do
-      Template.parse('{% render "loop" %}').render!
+      Template.parse('{% render "loop" %}', environment: env).render!
     end
   end
 
   def test_sub_contexts_count_towards_the_same_recursion_limit
-    Liquid::Template.file_system = StubFileSystem.new(
-      'loop_render' => '{% render "loop_render" %}',
+    env = Liquid::Environment.build(
+      file_system: StubFileSystem.new('loop_render' => '{% render "loop_render" %}'),
     )
+
     assert_raises(Liquid::StackLevelError) do
-      Template.parse('{% render "loop_render" %}').render!
+      Template.parse('{% render "loop_render" %}', environment: env).render!
     end
   end
 
@@ -102,7 +105,33 @@ class RenderTagTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_syntax_error("{% assign name = 'snippet' %}{% render name %}")
   end
 
-  def test_include_tag_caches_second_read_of_same_partial
+  def test_strict2_parsing_errors
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      assert_template_result(
+        'hello value1 value2',
+        '{% render "snippet" !!! arg1: "value1" ~~~ arg2: "value2" %}',
+        partials: { 'snippet' => 'hello {{ arg1 }} {{ arg2 }}' },
+      )
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_syntax_error(
+        '{% render "snippet" !!! arg1: "value1" ~~~ arg2: "value2" %}',
+      )
+      assert_syntax_error(
+        '{% render "snippet" | filter %}',
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_optional_commas
+    partials = { 'snippet' => 'hello {{ arg1 }} {{ arg2 }}' }
+    assert_template_result('hello value1 value2', '{% render "snippet", arg1: "value1", arg2: "value2" %}', partials: partials)
+    assert_template_result('hello value1 value2', '{% render "snippet"  arg1: "value1", arg2: "value2" %}', partials: partials)
+    assert_template_result('hello value1 value2', '{% render "snippet"  arg1: "value1"  arg2: "value2" %}', partials: partials)
+  end
+
+  def test_render_tag_caches_second_read_of_same_partial
     file_system = StubFileSystem.new('snippet' => 'echo')
     assert_equal(
       'echoecho',
@@ -285,4 +314,30 @@ class RenderTagTest < Minitest::Test
       render_errors: true,
     )
   end
+
+  def test_render_with_invalid_expression
+    template = '{% render "snippet" with foo=>bar %}'
+
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      refute_nil(Template.parse(template))
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/Unexpected character =/, error.message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_render_attribute_with_invalid_expression
+    template = '{% render "snippet", key: foo=>bar %}'
+
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      refute_nil(Template.parse(template))
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/Unexpected character =/, error.message)
+    end
+  end
 end

test/integration/tags/standard_tag_test.rb

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class StandardTagTest < Minitest::Test
     assigns = { 'condition' => "bad string here" }
     assert_template_result(
       '',
-      '{% case condition %}{% when "string here" %} hit {% endcase %}',\
+      '{% case condition %}{% when "string here" %} hit {% endcase %}',
       assigns,
     )
   end

test/integration/tags/table_row_test.rb

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class TableRowTest < Minitest::Test
 
   def test_tablerow_loop_drop_attributes
     template = <<~LIQUID.chomp
-      {% tablerow i in (1...2) %}
+      {% tablerow i in (1..2) %}
       col: {{ tablerowloop.col }}
       col0: {{ tablerowloop.col0 }}
       col_first: {{ tablerowloop.col_first }}
@@ -192,12 +192,14 @@ class TableRowTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_template_result(
       "Liquid error (line 1): invalid integer",
       '{% tablerow n in (1...10) limit:true %} {{n}} {% endtablerow %}',
+      error_mode: :warn,
       render_errors: true,
     )
 
     assert_template_result(
       "Liquid error (line 1): invalid integer",
       '{% tablerow n in (1...10) offset:true %} {{n}} {% endtablerow %}',
+      error_mode: :warn,
       render_errors: true,
     )
 
@@ -205,6 +207,262 @@ class TableRowTest < Minitest::Test
       "Liquid error (line 1): invalid integer",
       '{% tablerow n in (1...10) cols:true %} {{n}} {% endtablerow %}',
       render_errors: true,
+      error_mode: :warn,
     )
   end
+
+  def test_table_row_handles_interrupts
+    assert_template_result(
+      "<tr class=\"row1\">\n<td class=\"col1\"> 1 </td></tr>\n",
+      '{% tablerow n in (1..3) cols:2 %} {{n}} {% break %} {{n}} {% endtablerow %}',
+    )
+
+    assert_template_result(
+      "<tr class=\"row1\">\n<td class=\"col1\"> 1 </td><td class=\"col2\"> 2 </td></tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\"><td class=\"col1\"> 3 </td></tr>\n",
+      '{% tablerow n in (1..3) cols:2 %} {{n}} {% continue %} {{n}} {% endtablerow %}',
+    )
+  end
+
+  def test_table_row_does_not_leak_interrupts
+    template = <<~LIQUID
+      {% for i in (1..2) -%}
+      {% for j in (1..2) -%}
+      {% tablerow k in (1..3) %}{% break %}{% endtablerow -%}
+      loop j={{ j }}
+      {% endfor -%}
+      loop i={{ i }}
+      {% endfor -%}
+      after loop
+    LIQUID
+
+    expected = <<~STR
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1"></td></tr>
+      loop j=1
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1"></td></tr>
+      loop j=2
+      loop i=1
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1"></td></tr>
+      loop j=1
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1"></td></tr>
+      loop j=2
+      loop i=2
+      after loop
+    STR
+
+    assert_template_result(
+      expected,
+      template,
+    )
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_with_cols_attribute_in_strict2_mode
+    template = <<~LIQUID.chomp
+      {% tablerow i in (1..6) cols: 3 %}{{ i }}{% endtablerow %}
+    LIQUID
+
+    expected = <<~OUTPUT
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1">1</td><td class="col2">2</td><td class="col3">3</td></tr>
+      <tr class="row2"><td class="col1">4</td><td class="col2">5</td><td class="col3">6</td></tr>
+    OUTPUT
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result(expected, template)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_with_limit_attribute_in_strict2_mode
+    template = <<~LIQUID.chomp
+      {% tablerow i in (1..10) limit: 3 %}{{ i }}{% endtablerow %}
+    LIQUID
+
+    expected = <<~OUTPUT
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1">1</td><td class="col2">2</td><td class="col3">3</td></tr>
+    OUTPUT
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result(expected, template)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_with_offset_attribute_in_strict2_mode
+    template = <<~LIQUID.chomp
+      {% tablerow i in (1..5) offset: 2 %}{{ i }}{% endtablerow %}
+    LIQUID
+
+    expected = <<~OUTPUT
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1">3</td><td class="col2">4</td><td class="col3">5</td></tr>
+    OUTPUT
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result(expected, template)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_with_range_attribute_in_strict2_mode
+    template = <<~LIQUID.chomp
+      {% tablerow i in (1..3) range: (1..10) %}{{ i }}{% endtablerow %}
+    LIQUID
+
+    expected = <<~OUTPUT
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1">1</td><td class="col2">2</td><td class="col3">3</td></tr>
+    OUTPUT
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result(expected, template)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_with_multiple_attributes_in_strict2_mode
+    template = <<~LIQUID.chomp
+      {% tablerow i in (1..10) cols: 2, limit: 4, offset: 1 %}{{ i }}{% endtablerow %}
+    LIQUID
+
+    expected = <<~OUTPUT
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1">2</td><td class="col2">3</td></tr>
+      <tr class="row2"><td class="col1">4</td><td class="col2">5</td></tr>
+    OUTPUT
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result(expected, template)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_with_variable_collection_in_strict2_mode
+    template = <<~LIQUID.chomp
+      {% tablerow n in numbers cols: 2 %}{{ n }}{% endtablerow %}
+    LIQUID
+
+    expected = <<~OUTPUT
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1">1</td><td class="col2">2</td></tr>
+      <tr class="row2"><td class="col1">3</td><td class="col2">4</td></tr>
+    OUTPUT
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result(expected, template, { 'numbers' => [1, 2, 3, 4] })
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_with_dotted_access_in_strict2_mode
+    template = <<~LIQUID.chomp
+      {% tablerow n in obj.numbers cols: 2 %}{{ n }}{% endtablerow %}
+    LIQUID
+
+    expected = <<~OUTPUT
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1">1</td><td class="col2">2</td></tr>
+      <tr class="row2"><td class="col1">3</td><td class="col2">4</td></tr>
+    OUTPUT
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result(expected, template, { 'obj' => { 'numbers' => [1, 2, 3, 4] } })
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_with_bracketed_access_in_strict2_mode
+    template = <<~LIQUID.chomp
+      {% tablerow n in obj["numbers"] cols: 2 %}{{ n }}{% endtablerow %}
+    LIQUID
+
+    expected = <<~OUTPUT
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1">10</td><td class="col2">20</td></tr>
+    OUTPUT
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result(expected, template, { 'obj' => { 'numbers' => [10, 20] } })
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_without_attributes_in_strict2_mode
+    template = <<~LIQUID.chomp
+      {% tablerow i in (1..3) %}{{ i }}{% endtablerow %}
+    LIQUID
+
+    expected = <<~OUTPUT
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1">1</td><td class="col2">2</td><td class="col3">3</td></tr>
+    OUTPUT
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result(expected, template)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_without_in_keyword_in_strict2_mode
+    template = '{% tablerow i (1..10) %}{{ i }}{% endtablerow %}'
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error = assert_raises(SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_equal("Liquid syntax error: For loops require an 'in' clause in \"i (1..10)\"", error.message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_with_multiple_invalid_attributes_reports_first_in_strict2_mode
+    template = '{% tablerow i in (1..10) invalid1: 5, invalid2: 10 %}{{ i }}{% endtablerow %}'
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error = assert_raises(SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_equal("Liquid syntax error: Invalid attribute 'invalid1' in tablerow loop. Valid attributes are cols, limit, offset, and range in \"i in (1..10) invalid1: 5, invalid2: 10\"", error.message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_with_empty_collection_in_strict2_mode
+    template = <<~LIQUID.chomp
+      {% tablerow i in empty_array cols: 2 %}{{ i }}{% endtablerow %}
+    LIQUID
+
+    expected = <<~OUTPUT
+      <tr class="row1">
+      </tr>
+    OUTPUT
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result(expected, template, { 'empty_array' => [] })
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_with_invalid_attribute_strict_vs_strict2
+    template = '{% tablerow i in (1..5) invalid_attr: 10 %}{{ i }}{% endtablerow %}'
+
+    expected = <<~OUTPUT
+      <tr class="row1">
+      <td class="col1">1</td><td class="col2">2</td><td class="col3">3</td><td class="col4">4</td><td class="col5">5</td></tr>
+    OUTPUT
+
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      assert_template_result(expected, template)
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error = assert_raises(SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/Invalid attribute 'invalid_attr'/, error.message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_tablerow_with_invalid_expression_strict_vs_strict2
+    template = '{% tablerow i in (1..5) limit: foo=>bar %}{{ i }}{% endtablerow %}'
+
+    with_error_modes(:lax, :strict) do
+      expected = <<~OUTPUT
+        <tr class="row1">
+        </tr>
+      OUTPUT
+      assert_template_result(expected, template)
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      error = assert_raises(SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/Unexpected character =/, error.message)
+    end
+  end
 end

test/integration/template_test.rb

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class TemplateTest < Minitest::Test
     assert(t.resource_limits.reached?)
 
     t.resource_limits.render_score_limit = 200
-    assert_equal((" foo " * 100), t.render!)
+    assert_equal(" foo " * 100, t.render!)
     refute_nil(t.resource_limits.render_score)
   end
 
@@ -179,6 +179,86 @@ class TemplateTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal("すごい", t.render)
   end
 
+  def test_cumulative_render_score_limit_across_render_tags
+    file_system = StubFileSystem.new(
+      'loop' => '{% for a in (1..10) %} foo {% endfor %}',
+    )
+    environment = Liquid::Environment.build(file_system: file_system)
+
+    # Without cumulative limit, all 5 partials render successfully
+    t = Template.parse(
+      '{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}',
+      environment: environment,
+    )
+    unlimited_output = t.render!
+    total_cumulative = t.resource_limits.cumulative_render_score
+
+    # With cumulative limit set below the total, rendering stops early
+    t2 = Template.parse(
+      '{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}',
+      environment: environment,
+    )
+    t2.resource_limits.cumulative_render_score_limit = total_cumulative / 2
+    limited_output = t2.render
+    assert(t2.resource_limits.reached?)
+    assert_operator(limited_output.length, :<, unlimited_output.length)
+  end
+
+  def test_cumulative_render_score_limit_raises_on_render_bang
+    file_system = StubFileSystem.new(
+      'loop' => '{% for a in (1..10) %} foo {% endfor %}',
+    )
+    environment = Liquid::Environment.build(file_system: file_system)
+    t = Template.parse(
+      '{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}',
+      environment: environment,
+    )
+    t.resource_limits.cumulative_render_score_limit = 20
+    assert_raises(Liquid::MemoryError) do
+      t.render!
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_cumulative_assign_score_limit_across_include_tags
+    file_system = StubFileSystem.new(
+      'assign_partial' => '{% assign x = "a long string value here" %}',
+    )
+    environment = Liquid::Environment.build(file_system: file_system)
+
+    # Without cumulative limit, all 5 partials render
+    t = Template.parse(
+      '{% include "assign_partial" %}{% include "assign_partial" %}{% include "assign_partial" %}{% include "assign_partial" %}{% include "assign_partial" %}',
+      environment: environment,
+    )
+    t.render!
+    total_cumulative = t.resource_limits.cumulative_assign_score
+
+    # With cumulative limit set below the total, rendering stops early
+    t2 = Template.parse(
+      '{% include "assign_partial" %}{% include "assign_partial" %}{% include "assign_partial" %}{% include "assign_partial" %}{% include "assign_partial" %}',
+      environment: environment,
+    )
+    t2.resource_limits.cumulative_assign_score_limit = total_cumulative / 2
+    t2.render
+    assert(t2.resource_limits.reached?)
+  end
+
+  def test_cumulative_render_score_tracks_across_partials_without_limit
+    file_system = StubFileSystem.new(
+      'loop' => '{% for a in (1..10) %} foo {% endfor %}',
+    )
+    environment = Liquid::Environment.build(file_system: file_system)
+    t = Template.parse(
+      '{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}{% render "loop" %}',
+      environment: environment,
+    )
+    t.render!
+    assert(
+      t.resource_limits.cumulative_render_score > t.resource_limits.render_score,
+      "cumulative should exceed per-template score after multiple partials",
+    )
+  end
+
   def test_default_resource_limits_unaffected_by_render_with_context
     context = Context.new
     t = Template.parse("{% for a in (1..100) %}x{% assign foo = 1 %} {% endfor %}")
@@ -337,4 +417,22 @@ class TemplateTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal("x=2", output)
     assert_instance_of(String, output)
   end
+
+  def test_raises_error_with_invalid_utf8
+    e = assert_raises(TemplateEncodingError) do
+      Template.parse(<<~LIQUID)
+        {% comment %}
+          \xC0
+        {% endcomment %}
+      LIQUID
+    end
+
+    assert_equal('Liquid error: Invalid template encoding', e.message)
+  end
+
+  def test_allows_non_string_values_as_source
+    assert_equal('', Template.parse(nil).render)
+    assert_equal('1', Template.parse(1).render)
+    assert_equal('true', Template.parse(true).render)
+  end
 end

test/integration/variable_test.rb

@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ class VariableTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_template_result('bar', '{{ foo }}', { 'foo' => :bar })
   end
 
+  def test_nested_array
+    assert_template_result('', '{{ foo }}', { 'foo' => [[nil]] })
+  end
+
   def test_dynamic_find_var
     assert_template_result('bar', '{{ [key] }}', { 'key' => 'foo', 'foo' => 'bar' })
   end
@@ -205,4 +209,69 @@ class VariableTest < Minitest::Test
       end
     end
   end
+
+  def test_filter_with_single_trailing_comma
+    template = '{{ "hello" | append: "world", }}'
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict) do
+      error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/is not a valid expression/, error.message)
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result('helloworld', template)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_multiple_filters_with_trailing_commas
+    template = '{{ "hello" | append: "1", | append: "2", }}'
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict) do
+      error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/is not a valid expression/, error.message)
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result('hello12', template)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_filter_with_colon_but_no_arguments
+    template = '{{ "test" | upcase: }}'
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict) do
+      error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/is not a valid expression/, error.message)
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result('TEST', template)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_filter_chain_with_colon_no_args
+    template = '{{ "test" | append: "x" | upcase: }}'
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict) do
+      error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/is not a valid expression/, error.message)
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result('TESTX', template)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def test_combining_trailing_comma_and_empty_args
+    template = '{{ "test" | append: "x", | upcase: }}'
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict) do
+      error = assert_raises(Liquid::SyntaxError) { Template.parse(template) }
+      assert_match(/is not a valid expression/, error.message)
+    end
+
+    with_error_modes(:strict2) do
+      assert_template_result('TESTX', template)
+    end
+  end
 end

test/test_helper.rb

@@ -13,12 +13,7 @@ if (env_mode = ENV['LIQUID_PARSER_MODE'])
   puts "-- #{env_mode.upcase} ERROR MODE"
   mode = env_mode.to_sym
 end
-Liquid::Template.error_mode = mode
-
-if ENV['LIQUID_C'] == '1'
-  puts "-- LIQUID C"
-  require 'liquid/c'
-end
+Liquid::Environment.default.error_mode = mode
 
 if Minitest.const_defined?('Test')
   # We're on Minitest 5+. Nothing to do here.
@@ -39,13 +34,14 @@ module Minitest
 
     def assert_template_result(
       expected, template, assigns = {},
-      message: nil, partials: nil, error_mode: nil, render_errors: false,
+      message: nil, partials: nil, error_mode: Liquid::Environment.default.error_mode, render_errors: false,
       template_factory: nil
     )
-      template = Liquid::Template.parse(template, line_numbers: true, error_mode: error_mode&.to_sym)
       file_system = StubFileSystem.new(partials || {})
+      environment = Liquid::Environment.build(file_system: file_system)
+      template = Liquid::Template.parse(template, line_numbers: true, error_mode: error_mode&.to_sym, environment: environment)
       registers = Liquid::Registers.new(file_system: file_system, template_factory: template_factory)
-      context = Liquid::Context.build(static_environments: assigns, rethrow_errors: !render_errors, registers: registers)
+      context = Liquid::Context.build(static_environments: assigns, rethrow_errors: !render_errors, registers: registers, environment: environment)
       output = template.render(context)
       assert_equal(expected, output, message)
     end
@@ -78,44 +74,29 @@ module Minitest
       assert_equal(times, calls, "Number of calls to Usage.increment with #{name.inspect}")
     end
 
-    def with_global_filter(*globals)
-      original_global_cache = Liquid::StrainerFactory::GlobalCache
-      Liquid::StrainerFactory.send(:remove_const, :GlobalCache)
-      Liquid::StrainerFactory.const_set(:GlobalCache, Class.new(Liquid::StrainerTemplate))
+    def with_global_filter(*globals, &blk)
+      environment = Liquid::Environment.build do |w|
+        w.register_filters(globals)
+      end
 
-      globals.each do |global|
-        Liquid::Template.register_filter(global)
-      end
-      Liquid::StrainerFactory.send(:strainer_class_cache).clear
-      begin
-        yield
-      ensure
-        Liquid::StrainerFactory.send(:remove_const, :GlobalCache)
-        Liquid::StrainerFactory.const_set(:GlobalCache, original_global_cache)
-        Liquid::StrainerFactory.send(:strainer_class_cache).clear
-      end
+      Environment.dangerously_override(environment, &blk)
     end
 
-    def with_error_mode(mode)
-      old_mode = Liquid::Template.error_mode
-      Liquid::Template.error_mode = mode
-      yield
+    def with_error_modes(*modes)
+      old_mode = Liquid::Environment.default.error_mode
+      modes.each do |mode|
+        Liquid::Environment.default.error_mode = mode
+        yield
+      end
     ensure
-      Liquid::Template.error_mode = old_mode
+      Liquid::Environment.default.error_mode = old_mode
     end
 
-    def with_custom_tag(tag_name, tag_class)
-      old_tag = Liquid::Template.tags[tag_name]
-      begin
-        Liquid::Template.register_tag(tag_name, tag_class)
-        yield
-      ensure
-        if old_tag
-          Liquid::Template.tags[tag_name] = old_tag
-        else
-          Liquid::Template.tags.delete(tag_name)
-        end
-      end
+    def with_custom_tag(tag_name, tag_class, &block)
+      environment = Liquid::Environment.default.dup
+      environment.register_tag(tag_name, tag_class)
+
+      Environment.dangerously_override(environment, &block)
     end
   end
 end
@@ -167,6 +148,35 @@ class BooleanDrop < Liquid::Drop
   end
 end
 
+class StringDrop < Liquid::Drop
+  include Comparable
+
+  def initialize(value)
+    super()
+    @value = value
+  end
+
+  def to_liquid_value
+    @value
+  end
+
+  def to_s
+    @value
+  end
+
+  def to_str
+    @value
+  end
+
+  def inspect
+    "#<StringDrop @value=#{@value.inspect}>"
+  end
+
+  def <=>(other)
+    to_liquid_value <=> Liquid::Utils.to_liquid_value(other)
+  end
+end
+
 class ErrorDrop < Liquid::Drop
   def standard_error
     raise Liquid::StandardError, 'standard error'
@@ -189,6 +199,26 @@ class ErrorDrop < Liquid::Drop
   end
 end
 
+class CustomToLiquidDrop < Liquid::Drop
+  def initialize(value)
+    @value = value
+    super()
+  end
+
+  def to_liquid
+    @value
+  end
+end
+
+class HashWithCustomToS < Hash
+  def to_s
+    "kewl"
+  end
+end
+
+class HashWithoutCustomToS < Hash
+end
+
 class StubFileSystem
   attr_reader :file_read_count
 

test/unit/block_unit_test.rb

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ class BlockUnitTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal(String, template.root.nodelist[2].class)
   end
 
+  def test_variable_with_multibyte_character
+    template = Liquid::Template.parse("{{ '❤️' }}")
+    assert_equal(1, template.root.nodelist.size)
+    assert_equal(Variable, template.root.nodelist[0].class)
+  end
+
   def test_variable_many_embedded_fragments
     template = Liquid::Template.parse("  {{funk}} {{so}} {{brother}} ")
     assert_equal(7, template.root.nodelist.size)
@@ -41,12 +47,18 @@ class BlockUnitTest < Minitest::Test
     )
   end
 
-  def test_with_block
+  def test_comment_tag_with_block
     template = Liquid::Template.parse("  {% comment %} {% endcomment %} ")
     assert_equal([String, Comment, String], block_types(template.root.nodelist))
     assert_equal(3, template.root.nodelist.size)
   end
 
+  def test_doc_tag_with_block
+    template = Liquid::Template.parse("  {% doc %} {% enddoc %} ")
+    assert_equal([String, Doc, String], block_types(template.root.nodelist))
+    assert_equal(3, template.root.nodelist.size)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def block_types(nodelist)