text/template: illegal number syntax: "-"

[bep]

package main

import (
	"log"
	"text/template"
)

func main() {
	_, err := template.New("").Parse(`{{- .Foo  -}}`)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
}

Fails with:

template: :1: illegal number syntax: "-"

https://play.golang.org/p/VC7LYAI34HU

There is an extra space after .Foo, which is an easy "mistake" to make (I just did), and not always obvious to spot, esp. since there is only a line number in the error message.

[mvdan]

Thanks for the report! I think this is just a bug in the lexer. I think it should be a valid template to parse. After all, {{ .Foo }} is a valid template, and the mention of - and - never specifies that exactly one space is required.

[gopherbot]

Change https://golang.org/cl/168457 mentions this issue: text/template: allow using -}} with many spaces