Don't rely on ActionView's partial-rendering code.

test/haml/results/just_stuff.xhtml

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ Embedded? one af"t"er another!
 <p>Embedded? true!</p>
 <p>Embedded? twice! true!</p>
 <p>Embedded? one af"t"er another!</p>
-<div class='render'><em>wow!</em></div>
 stuff followed by whitespace
 <strong>block with whitespace</strong>
 <p>

test/haml/template_test.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 require 'haml/template'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/mocks/article'
 
-
 module Haml::Filters::Test
   include Haml::Filters::Base
 
@@ -12,14 +11,21 @@ def render(text)
   end
 end
 
+module Haml::Helpers
+  def test_partial(name, locals = {})
+    Haml::Engine.new(File.read(File.join(TemplateTest::TEMPLATE_PATH, "_#{name}.haml"))).render(self, locals)
+  end
+end
+
 class TemplateTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  TEMPLATE_PATH = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "templates")
   @@templates = %w{       very_basic        standard    helpers
     whitespace_handling   original_engine   list        helpful
     silent_script         tag_parsing       just_stuff  partials
     filters               nuke_outer_whitespace         nuke_inner_whitespace }
 
   def setup
-    @base = ActionView::Base.new(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/templates/", {'article' => Article.new, 'foo' => 'value one'})
+    @base = ActionView::Base.new(TEMPLATE_PATH, 'article' => Article.new, 'foo' => 'value one')
     @base.send(:evaluate_assigns)
 
     # This is used by form_for.

test/haml/templates/helpers.haml

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ click
 - form_tag '' do
   %div= submit_tag 'save'
   - @foo = 'value one'
-  = render :partial => './partial'
+  = test_partial 'partial'
 - form_for :article, @article, :url => '' do |f|
   Title:
   = f.text_field :title

test/haml/templates/just_stuff.haml

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 %p== Embedded? #{embedded}!
 %p== Embedded? #{"twice! #{true}"}!
 %p== Embedded? #{"one"} af"t"er #{"another"}!
-.render= render :inline => "%em= 'wow!'", :type => :haml
 = "stuff followed by whitespace"
 
 - if true

test/haml/templates/partials.haml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 %p
   @foo = 
   = @foo
-= render :file => "_partial.haml"
+= test_partial "partial"
 %p
   @foo = 
   = @foo

test/haml/templates/whitespace_handling.haml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #whitespace_test
-  = render :file => "_text_area.haml", :locals => { :value => "Oneline" }
-  = render :file => "_text_area.haml", :locals => { :value => "Two\nlines" }
-  ~ render :file => "_text_area.haml", :locals => { :value => "Oneline" }
-  ~ render :file => "_text_area.haml", :locals => { :value => "Two\nlines" }
-  #flattened~ render :file => "_text_area.haml", :locals => { :value => "Two\nlines" }
+  = test_partial "text_area", :value => "Oneline"
+  = test_partial "text_area", :value => "Two\nlines"
+  ~ test_partial "text_area", :value => "Oneline"
+  ~ test_partial "text_area", :value => "Two\nlines"
+  #flattened~ test_partial "text_area", :value => "Two\nlines"
 .hithere
   ~ "Foo bar"
   ~ "<pre>foo bar</pre>"
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
   ~ ['a', 'b', 'c'].map do |a|
     - "<textarea>\n#{a}\n</textarea>"
 #whitespace_test
-  = render :file => "_text_area.haml", :locals => { :value => "Oneline" }
-  = render :file => "_text_area.haml", :locals => { :value => "Two\nlines" }
-  = find_and_preserve render(:file => "_text_area.haml", :locals => { :value => "Oneline" })
-  = find_and_preserve render(:file => "_text_area.haml", :locals => { :value => "Two\nlines" })
-  #flattened= find_and_preserve render(:file => "_text_area.haml", :locals => { :value => "Two\nlines" })
+  = test_partial "text_area", :value => "Oneline"
+  = test_partial "text_area", :value => "Two\nlines"
+  = find_and_preserve test_partial("text_area", :value => "Oneline")
+  = find_and_preserve test_partial("text_area", :value => "Two\nlines")
+  #flattened= find_and_preserve test_partial("text_area", :value => "Two\nlines")
 .hithere
   = find_and_preserve("Foo bar")
   = find_and_preserve("<pre>foo bar</pre>")