add JSONparse alias

don't stringify

this can be done with a sub-expression

lib/number.js

@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ helpers.random = function(min, max) {
 };
 
 /**
- * Abbreviate numbers to the given number of `precision`.
+ * Abbreviate numbers to the given number of `precision`. This is for
+ * general numbers, not size in bytes.
  *
  * @param  {String} `number`
  * @param  {String} `precision`

lib/object.js

@@ -214,10 +214,17 @@ helpers.merge = function(context/*, objects, options*/) {
  * @api public
  */
 
-helpers.parseJSON = function(str, options) {
+helpers.JSONparse = function(str, options) {
   return options.fn(JSON.parse(str));
 };
 
+/**
+ * Alias for parseJSON. this will be
+ * deprecated in a future release
+ */
+
+helpers.parseJSON = helpers.JSONparse;
+
 /**
  * Pick properties from the context object.
  *
@@ -256,9 +263,16 @@ helpers.pick = function(props, context, options) {
  * @api public
  */
 
-helpers.stringify = function(obj, indent) {
+helpers.JSONstringify = function(obj, indent) {
   if (!utils.isNumber(indent)) {
     indent = 0;
   }
   return JSON.stringify(obj, null, indent);
 };
+
+/**
+ * Alias for JSONstringify. this will be
+ * deprecated in a future release
+ */
+
+helpers.stringify = helpers.JSONstringify;

lib/url.js

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ helpers.urlResolve = function(base, href) {
  */
 
 helpers.urlParse = function(str) {
-  return JSON.stringify(url.parse(str));
+  return url.parse(str);
 };
 
 /**

test/url.js

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('url', function() {
 
   describe('urlParse', function() {
     it('should take a string, and return an object stringified to JSON.', function() {
-      var fn = hbs.compile('{{{urlParse "http://foo.com/bar/baz?key=value" "json"}}}');
+      var fn = hbs.compile('{{{JSONstringify (urlParse "http://foo.com/bar/baz?key=value" "json")}}}');
       JSON.parse(fn()).should.eql({
         "protocol": "http:",
         "slashes": true,