v0.5.5

Highlights

• Upgrade to cel‑rust 0.12.0 (bytes feature enabled)
• New compile() API + Program.execute() for fast repeated evaluation
• New OptionalValue wrapper to represent CEL optional values in Python (preserves optional.none() vs optional.of(null))

Added

• Compile/execute performance benchmark: examples/performance/compile_execute_benchmark.py
• OptionalValue docs and examples

Notes

• Optional values now surface as cel.OptionalValue instead of debug strings.
• Performance guidance updated with compile/execute examples.

New Contributors

• @shlee322 made their first contribution in #27

Full Changelog: v0.5.3...v0.5.5