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# File action_controller/routing/recognition_optimisation.rb, line 56
def recognize_path(path, environment={})
  result = recognize_optimized(path, environment) and return result

  # Route was not recognized. Try to find out why (maybe wrong verb).
  allows = HTTP_METHODS.select { |verb| routes.find { |r| r.recognize(path, :method => verb) } }

  if environment[:method] && !HTTP_METHODS.include?(environment[:method])
    raise NotImplemented.new(*allows)
  elsif !allows.empty?
    raise MethodNotAllowed.new(*allows)
  else
    raise RoutingError, "No route matches #{path.inspect} with #{environment.inspect}"
  end
end