I think if you Bundle::start or auto start the bundle you might be able to map route. Worth a try but adding to the test group :)

The beauty of this is that it still gives users the flexibility of using the (:bundle) placeholder in their bundle routes while allowing people who use the bundle to define a "handle" of whatever they want.

If you have a route in your application/routes.php file like this:

Route::get('/', function()
{
    return 'Hello, World';
});

Then in your bundle, say bundles/forum/routes.php you have:

Route::get('(:bundle)', function()
{
    return 'Hello, Forum';
});

When you register the forum bundle and you set the handles key to / it will overwrite the route defined in application/routes.php, thus making the bundle respond to route requests but at the same time you could have made the handles key forum.

@franzliedke was after similar functionality. :)

Thanks for the patch.

This works and should be merged.
Nontheless it's kind of hacky. @taylorotwell Are there any improvements on routing on the horizon for L4? @ShawnMcCool had some ideas.

Thanks!