react apply text node

lib/ruby2js/filter/react.rb

@@ -90,7 +90,13 @@ def on_send(node)
 
         if node.children[0] == nil and node.children[1] == :_
           # text nodes
-          node.children[2]
+          if @reactApply
+            # if apply is set, emit code that pushes text
+            s(:send, s(:gvar, :$_), :push, node.children[2])
+          else
+            # simple/normal case: simply return the text
+            node.children[2]
+          end
 
         elsif node.children[0] == nil and node.children[1] =~ /^_\w/
           # map method calls starting with an underscore to React calls

spec/react_spec.rb

@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ def to_js(string)
       to_js( 'class Foo<React; def render; _a {_ "hi"}; end; end' ).
         must_include 'return React.createElement("a", null, "hi")'
     end
+
+    it "should apply text nodes" do
+      to_js( 'class Foo<React; def render; _a {text="hi"; _ text}; end; end' ).
+        must_include 'var text = "hi"; $_.push(text);'
+    end
   end
 
   describe "class attributes" do