Pass template as value

namespace.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 // Namespace represents a collection of templates that can include each other
 type Namespace struct {
 	mu    sync.Mutex
-	tmpls map[string]*Template
+	tmpls map[string]Template
 	vars  map[string]reflect.Value
 	tags  map[string]Tag
 }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type Namespace struct {
 // New returns a new template namespace
 func New() *Namespace {
 	return &Namespace{
-		tmpls: map[string]*Template{},
+		tmpls: map[string]Template{},
 		vars:  map[string]reflect.Value{},
 		tags:  map[string]Tag{},
 	}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (n *Namespace) WithTagMap(m map[string]Tag) *Namespace {
 // GetTemplate tries to get a template from the namespace's template map.
 // If it finds the template, it returns the template and true. If it
 // doesn't find it, it returns nil and false.
-func (n *Namespace) GetTemplate(name string) (*Template, bool) {
+func (n *Namespace) GetTemplate(name string) (Template, bool) {
 	n.mu.Lock()
 	defer n.mu.Unlock()
 	t, ok := n.tmpls[name]

parse.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 
 	"go.elara.ws/salix/ast"
 	"go.elara.ws/salix/parser"
@@ -39,23 +40,24 @@ type NamedReader interface {
 
 // Parse parses a salix template from a NamedReader, which is an io.Reader
 // with a Name method that returns a string. os.File implements NamedReader.
-func (n *Namespace) Parse(r NamedReader) (*Template, error) {
+func (n *Namespace) Parse(r NamedReader) (Template, error) {
 	return n.ParseWithName(r.Name(), r)
 }
 
 // ParseWithFilename parses a salix template from r, using the given name.
-func (n *Namespace) ParseWithName(name string, r io.Reader) (*Template, error) {
+func (n *Namespace) ParseWithName(name string, r io.Reader) (Template, error) {
 	astVal, err := parser.ParseReader(name, r)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return Template{}, err
 	}
 
-	t := &Template{
+	t := Template{
-		ns:   n,
+		ns:       n,
-		name: name,
+		name:     name,
-		ast:  astVal.([]ast.Node),
+		ast:      astVal.([]ast.Node),
-		tags: map[string]Tag{},
+		tags:     map[string]Tag{},
-		vars: map[string]reflect.Value{},
+		vars:     map[string]reflect.Value{},
+		macroMtx: &sync.Mutex{},
 	}
 
 	performWhitespaceMutations(t.ast)
@@ -67,10 +69,10 @@ func (n *Namespace) ParseWithName(name string, r io.Reader) (*Template, error) {
 }
 
 // ParseFile parses the file at path as a salix template. It uses the path as the name.
-func (t *Namespace) ParseFile(path string) (*Template, error) {
+func (t *Namespace) ParseFile(path string) (Template, error) {
 	fl, err := os.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return Template{}, err
 	}
 	defer fl.Close()
 	return t.Parse(fl)
@@ -95,10 +97,10 @@ func (t *Namespace) ParseGlob(glob string) error {
 }
 
 // ParseFile parses a file at the given path in a filesystem. It uses the path as the name.
-func (t *Namespace) ParseFS(fsys fs.FS, path string) (*Template, error) {
+func (t *Namespace) ParseFS(fsys fs.FS, path string) (Template, error) {
 	fl, err := fsys.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return Template{}, err
 	}
 	defer fl.Close()
 	return t.ParseWithName(path, fl)
@@ -123,12 +125,12 @@ func (t *Namespace) ParseFSGlob(fsys fs.FS, glob string) error {
 }
 
 // ParseString parses a string using the given filename.
-func (t *Namespace) ParseString(filename, tmpl string) (*Template, error) {
+func (t *Namespace) ParseString(filename, tmpl string) (Template, error) {
 	return t.ParseWithName(filename, strings.NewReader(tmpl))
 }
 
 // ParseString parses bytes using the given filename.
-func (t *Namespace) ParseBytes(filename string, tmpl []byte) (*Template, error) {
+func (t *Namespace) ParseBytes(filename string, tmpl []byte) (Template, error) {
 	return t.ParseWithName(filename, bytes.NewReader(tmpl))
 }
 

salix.go

@@ -63,86 +63,44 @@ type Template struct {
 	tags map[string]Tag
 	vars map[string]reflect.Value
 
-	macroMtx sync.Mutex
+	macroMtx *sync.Mutex
 	macros   map[string][]ast.Node
 }
 
 // WithVarMap returns a copy of the template with its variable map set to m.
-func (t *Template) WithVarMap(m map[string]any) *Template {
+func (t Template) WithVarMap(m map[string]any) Template {
-	newTmpl := &Template{
+	t.vars = map[string]reflect.Value{}
-		ns:   t.ns,
-		name: t.name,
-		ast:  t.ast,
-
-		escapeHTML: t.escapeHTML,
-
-		tags: t.tags,
-		vars: map[string]reflect.Value{},
-	}
-
 	if m != nil {
 		for k, v := range m {
-			newTmpl.vars[k] = reflect.ValueOf(v)
+			t.vars[k] = reflect.ValueOf(v)
 		}
 	}
-
+	return t
-	return newTmpl
 }
 
 // WithTagMap returns a copy of the template with its tag map set to m.
-func (t *Template) WithTagMap(m map[string]Tag) *Template {
+func (t Template) WithTagMap(m map[string]Tag) Template {
 	// Make sure the tag map is never nil to avoid panics
 	if m == nil {
 		m = map[string]Tag{}
 	}
-
+	t.tags = m
-	return &Template{
+	return t
-		ns:   t.ns,
-		name: t.name,
-		ast:  t.ast,
-
-		escapeHTML: t.escapeHTML,
-
-		tags: m,
-		vars: t.vars,
-	}
 }
 
 // WithEscapeHTML returns a copy of the template with HTML escaping enabled or disabled.
 // The HTML escaping functionality is NOT context-aware.
 // Using the HTML type allows you to get around the escaping if needed.
-func (t *Template) WithEscapeHTML(b bool) *Template {
+func (t Template) WithEscapeHTML(b bool) Template {
 	t.escapeHTML = true
-	return &Template{
+	return t
-		ns:   t.ns,
-		name: t.name,
-		ast:  t.ast,
-
-		escapeHTML: b,
-
-		tags: t.tags,
-		vars: t.vars,
-	}
 }
 
 // Execute executes a parsed template and writes
 // the result to w.
-func (t *Template) Execute(w io.Writer) error {
+func (t Template) Execute(w io.Writer) error {
-	// Create a new template to give each execution
+	t.macros = map[string][]ast.Node{}
-	// its own macros
+	return t.execute(w, t.ast, nil)
-	tmpl := &Template{
-		ns:   t.ns,
-		name: t.name,
-		ast:  t.ast,
-
-		escapeHTML: t.escapeHTML,
-
-		tags:   t.tags,
-		vars:   t.vars,
-		macros: map[string][]ast.Node{},
-	}
-
-	return tmpl.execute(w, t.ast, nil)
 }
 
 func (t *Template) execute(w io.Writer, nodes []ast.Node, local map[string]any) error {