feature: treat top-level content as anonymous block, fixes #45

demo/express/views/todolist.liquid

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% layout 'layout' %}
 
 <ul>
-  {% for todo in todolist %}
+  {% for todo in todos %}
     <li>{% include 'todo' id=forloop.index %}</li>
   {% endfor %}
 </ul>

tags/include.js

@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ module.exports = function (liquid) {
       var filepath = Liquid.evalValue(this.value, scope)
 
       var originBlocks = scope.opts.blocks
+      var originBlockMode = scope.opts.blockMode
       scope.opts.blocks = {}
+      scope.opts.blockMode = 'output'
 
       if (this.with) {
         hash[filepath] = Liquid.evalValue(this.with, scope)
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ module.exports = function (liquid) {
         .then((html) => {
           scope.pop()
           scope.opts.blocks = originBlocks
+          scope.opts.blockMode = originBlockMode
           return html
         })
     }

tags/layout.js

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ const Promise = require('any-promise')
 const lexical = Liquid.lexical
 const assert = require('../src/util/assert.js')
 
+/*
+ * blockMode:
+ * * "store": store rendered html into blocks
+ * * "output": output rendered html
+ */
+
 module.exports = function (liquid) {
   liquid.registerTag('layout', {
     parse: function (token, remainTokens) {
@@ -16,13 +22,18 @@ module.exports = function (liquid) {
       var layout = Liquid.evalValue(this.layout, scope)
 
       // render the remaining tokens immediately
+      scope.opts.blockMode = 'store'
       return liquid.renderer.renderTemplates(this.tpls, scope)
-        // now register.blocks contains rendered blocks
+        .then(html => {
-        .then(() => liquid.getTemplate(layout, scope.opts.root))
+          if (scope.opts.blocks[''] === undefined) {
+            scope.opts.blocks[''] = html
+          }
+          return liquid.getTemplate(layout, scope.opts.root)
+        })
         .then(templates => {
           // push the hash
           scope.push(hash)
-          // render the parent
+          scope.opts.blockMode = 'output'
           return liquid.renderer.renderTemplates(templates, scope)
         })
         // pop the hash
@@ -36,7 +47,7 @@ module.exports = function (liquid) {
   liquid.registerTag('block', {
     parse: function (token, remainTokens) {
       var match = /\w+/.exec(token.args)
-      this.block = match ? match[0] : 'anonymous'
+      this.block = match ? match[0] : ''
 
       this.tpls = []
       var stream = liquid.parser.parseStream(remainTokens)
@@ -48,19 +59,19 @@ module.exports = function (liquid) {
       stream.start()
     },
     render: function (scope) {
-      var html = scope.opts.blocks[this.block]
+      return Promise.resolve(scope.opts.blocks[this.block])
-      // if not defined yet
+        .then(html => html === undefined
-      if (html === undefined) {
+          // render default block
-        return liquid.renderer.renderTemplates(this.tpls, scope)
+          ? liquid.renderer.renderTemplates(this.tpls, scope)
-          .then((partial) => {
+          // use child-defined block
-            scope.opts.blocks[this.block] = partial
+          : html)
-            return partial
+        .then(html => {
-          })
+          if (scope.opts.blockMode === 'store') {
-      } else {
+            scope.opts.blocks[this.block] = html
-        // if already defined by desendents
+            return ''
-        scope.opts.blocks[this.block] = html
+          }
-        return Promise.resolve(html)
+          return html
-      }
+        })
     }
   })
 }