{{.}} in mustache.rb

ii.rb

require 'mustache'

Mustache::Parser::ALLOWED_CONTENT = /(\w|[?!\/.-])*/

class ImplicitIterator < Mustache
  define_method "." do
    self[:to_s]
  end

  def names
    %w( one two three )
  end
end

puts ImplicitIterator.render(<<template, {})
{{#names}}
  {{.}}
{{/names}}
template

Nice hack, even though I would prefer a compiler which converts [:mustache, :{e,u}tag, "."] to [:mustache, :{e,u}tag, "to_s"]. Oh well, Mustache doesn't support adding your own compilers to the chain, does it?

Agreed - "macros" or a similar concept would rock.