Ensure we're dealing with strings, always

HISTORY.md

+## 0.1.1 (2009-11-12)
+
+* Ensure we're dealing with strings, always
+
 ## 0.1.0 (2009-11-12)
 
 * First release

pystache/template.py

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Template(object):
     @modifier(None)
     def render_tag(self, tag_name, context):
         """Given a tag name and context, finds, escapes, and renders the tag."""
-        return cgi.escape(context.get(tag_name, ''))
+        return cgi.escape(str(context.get(tag_name, '')))
 
     @modifier('!')
     def render_comment(self, tag_name=None, context=None):

tests/test_pystache.py

@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ class TestPystache(unittest.TestCase):
         ret = pystache.render(template, { 'set': True })
         self.assertEquals(ret, "Ready set go!")
 
+    def test_non_strings(self):
+        template = "{{#stats}}({{key}} & {{value}}){{/stats}}"
+        stats = []
+        stats.append({'key': 123, 'value': ['something']})
+        stats.append({'key': u"chris", 'value': 0.900})
+
+        ret = pystache.render(template, { 'stats': stats })
+        self.assertEquals(ret, """(123 & ['something'])(chris & 0.9)""")
+
     def test_sections(self):
         template = """
 <ul>