From cd93c103bf6d00a37d5f492b0e6ed2abac26f73c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blake Kostner <btkostner@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 12:40:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] always return an object for locals, even if it's empty

---
 lib/index.js | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 6b2c134..14ac2e5 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ module.exports = function spikeHtmlStandards (options = {}) {
   let parserOpt = options.parser || sugarml
   if (options.parser === false) parserOpt = undefined
 
+  // Always return an object for locals
+  if (typeof options.locals === 'undefined') options.locals = {}
+
   // If the user has not overridden the default markdown function, initialize
   // markdown-it and add the default
   let contentOpt = options.content || {}