Missing partials should be treated as empty strings.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/specs/partials.json b/specs/partials.json
index b4d592e..ac531da 100644
--- a/specs/partials.json
+++ b/specs/partials.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"__ATTN__":"Do not edit this file; changes belong in the appropriate YAML file.","overview":"Partial tags are used to expand an external template into the current\ntemplate.\n\nThe tag's content MUST be a non-whitespace character sequence NOT containing\nthe current closing delimiter.\n\nThis tag's content names the partial to inject.  Set Delimiter tags MUST NOT\naffect the parsing of a partial.  The partial MUST be rendered against the\ncontext stack local to the tag.\n\nPartial tags SHOULD be treated as standalone when appropriate.  If this tag\nis used standalone, any whitespace preceding the tag should treated as\nindentation, and prepended to each line of the partial before rendering.\n","tests":[{"name":"Basic Behavior","data":{},"expected":"\"from partial\"","template":"\"{{>text}}\"","desc":"The greater-than operator should expand to the named partial.","partials":{"text":"from partial"}},{"name":"Context","data":{"text":"content"},"expected":"\"*content*\"","template":"\"{{>partial}}\"","desc":"The greater-than operator should operate within the current context.","partials":{"partial":"*{{text}}*"}},{"name":"Recursion","data":{"content":"X","nodes":[{"content":"Y","nodes":[]}]},"expected":"X<Y<>>","template":"{{>node}}","desc":"The greater-than operator should properly recurse.","partials":{"node":"{{content}}<{{#nodes}}{{>node}}{{/nodes}}>"}},{"name":"Surrounding Whitespace","data":{},"expected":"| \t|\t |","template":"| {{>partial}} |","desc":"The greater-than operator should not alter surrounding whitespace.","partials":{"partial":"\t|\t"}},{"name":"Inline Indentation","data":{"data":"|"},"expected":"  |  >\n>\n","template":"  {{data}}  {{> partial}}\n","desc":"Whitespace should be left untouched.","partials":{"partial":">\n>"}},{"name":"Standalone Line Endings","data":{},"expected":"|\r\n>|","template":"|\r\n{{>partial}}\r\n|","desc":"\"\\r\\n\" should be considered a newline for standalone tags.","partials":{"partial":">"}},{"name":"Standalone Without Previous Line","data":{},"expected":"  >\n  >>","template":"  {{>partial}}\n>","desc":"Standalone tags should not require a newline to precede them.","partials":{"partial":">\n>"}},{"name":"Standalone Without Newline","data":{},"expected":">\n  >\n  >","template":">\n  {{>partial}}","desc":"Standalone tags should not require a newline to follow them.","partials":{"partial":">\n>"}},{"name":"Standalone Indentation","data":{"content":"<\n->"},"expected":"\\\n |\n <\n->\n |\n/\n","template":"\\\n {{>partial}}\n/\n","desc":"Each line of the partial should be indented before rendering.","partials":{"partial":"|\n{{{content}}}\n|\n"}},{"name":"Padding Whitespace","data":{"boolean":true},"expected":"|[]|","template":"|{{> partial }}|","desc":"Superfluous in-tag whitespace should be ignored.","partials":{"partial":"[]"}}]}
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+{"__ATTN__":"Do not edit this file; changes belong in the appropriate YAML file.","overview":"Partial tags are used to expand an external template into the current\ntemplate.\n\nThe tag's content MUST be a non-whitespace character sequence NOT containing\nthe current closing delimiter.\n\nThis tag's content names the partial to inject.  Set Delimiter tags MUST NOT\naffect the parsing of a partial.  The partial MUST be rendered against the\ncontext stack local to the tag.  If the named partial cannot be found, the\nempty string SHOULD be used instead, as in interpolations.\n\nPartial tags SHOULD be treated as standalone when appropriate.  If this tag\nis used standalone, any whitespace preceding the tag should treated as\nindentation, and prepended to each line of the partial before rendering.\n","tests":[{"name":"Basic Behavior","data":{},"expected":"\"from partial\"","template":"\"{{>text}}\"","desc":"The greater-than operator should expand to the named partial.","partials":{"text":"from partial"}},{"name":"Failed Lookup","data":{},"expected":"\"from partial\"","template":"\"{{>text}}\"","desc":"The empty string should be used when the named partial is not found.","partials":{}},{"name":"Context","data":{"text":"content"},"expected":"\"*content*\"","template":"\"{{>partial}}\"","desc":"The greater-than operator should operate within the current context.","partials":{"partial":"*{{text}}*"}},{"name":"Recursion","data":{"content":"X","nodes":[{"content":"Y","nodes":[]}]},"expected":"X<Y<>>","template":"{{>node}}","desc":"The greater-than operator should properly recurse.","partials":{"node":"{{content}}<{{#nodes}}{{>node}}{{/nodes}}>"}},{"name":"Surrounding Whitespace","data":{},"expected":"| \t|\t |","template":"| {{>partial}} |","desc":"The greater-than operator should not alter surrounding whitespace.","partials":{"partial":"\t|\t"}},{"name":"Inline Indentation","data":{"data":"|"},"expected":"  |  >\n>\n","template":"  {{data}}  {{> partial}}\n","desc":"Whitespace should be left untouched.","partials":{"partial":">\n>"}},{"name":"Standalone Line Endings","data":{},"expected":"|\r\n>|","template":"|\r\n{{>partial}}\r\n|","desc":"\"\\r\\n\" should be considered a newline for standalone tags.","partials":{"partial":">"}},{"name":"Standalone Without Previous Line","data":{},"expected":"  >\n  >>","template":"  {{>partial}}\n>","desc":"Standalone tags should not require a newline to precede them.","partials":{"partial":">\n>"}},{"name":"Standalone Without Newline","data":{},"expected":">\n  >\n  >","template":">\n  {{>partial}}","desc":"Standalone tags should not require a newline to follow them.","partials":{"partial":">\n>"}},{"name":"Standalone Indentation","data":{"content":"<\n->"},"expected":"\\\n |\n <\n->\n |\n/\n","template":"\\\n {{>partial}}\n/\n","desc":"Each line of the partial should be indented before rendering.","partials":{"partial":"|\n{{{content}}}\n|\n"}},{"name":"Padding Whitespace","data":{"boolean":true},"expected":"|[]|","template":"|{{> partial }}|","desc":"Superfluous in-tag whitespace should be ignored.","partials":{"partial":"[]"}}]}
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diff --git a/specs/partials.yml b/specs/partials.yml
index e24ca56..d688bd6 100644
--- a/specs/partials.yml
+++ b/specs/partials.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ overview: |
 
   This tag's content names the partial to inject.  Set Delimiter tags MUST NOT
   affect the parsing of a partial.  The partial MUST be rendered against the
-  context stack local to the tag.
+  context stack local to the tag.  If the named partial cannot be found, the
+  empty string SHOULD be used instead, as in interpolations.
 
   Partial tags SHOULD be treated as standalone when appropriate.  If this tag
   is used standalone, any whitespace preceding the tag should treated as
@@ -20,6 +21,13 @@ tests:
     partials: { text: 'from partial' }
     expected: '"from partial"'
 
+  - name: Failed Lookup
+    desc: The empty string should be used when the named partial is not found.
+    data: { }
+    template: '"{{>text}}"'
+    partials: { }
+    expected: '"from partial"'
+
   - name: Context
     desc: The greater-than operator should operate within the current context.
     data: { text: 'content' }