Add support for using non-callables as View attributes.

HISTORY.md

+## 0.2.0 (2009-11-16)
+
+* Add support for using non-callables as View attributes. [joshthecoder]
+
 ## 0.1.1 (2009-11-13)
 
 * Ensure we're dealing with strings, always

pystache/view.py

@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ class View(object):
         if attr in self.context:
             return self.context[attr]
         elif hasattr(self, attr):
-            return getattr(self, attr)()
+            try:
+                return getattr(self, attr)()
+            except TypeError:
+                return getattr(self, attr)
         else:
             return default
 

tests/test_view.py

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ class TestView(unittest.TestCase):
         view = Simple()
         self.assertEquals(view.render(), "Hi pizza!")
 
+    def test_non_callable_attributes(self):
+        view = Simple()
+        view.thing = 'Chris'
+        self.assertEquals(view.render(), "Hi Chris!")
+
     def test_complex(self):
         self.assertEquals(ComplexView().render(), """<h1>Colors</h1>
 <ul>