2 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/askama_codegen/src/generator.rs b/askama_codegen/src/generator.rs
index 34c9757..b1babce 100644
--- a/askama_codegen/src/generator.rs
+++ b/askama_codegen/src/generator.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use parser::Node;
+use parser::{Expr, Node};
 use std::str;
 
 struct Generator {
@@ -56,18 +56,24 @@ impl Generator {
         self.writeln(");");
     }
 
-    fn visit_expr(&mut self, s: &[u8]) {
+    fn visit_var(&mut self, s: &[u8]) {
         let var_name = str::from_utf8(s).unwrap();
         let code = format!("std::fmt::Write::write_fmt(\
             &mut buf, format_args!(\"{{}}\", self.{})).unwrap();", var_name);
         self.writeln(&code);
     }
 
+    fn visit_expr(&mut self, expr: &Expr) {
+        match expr {
+            &Expr::Var(s) => self.visit_var(s),
+        }
+    }
+
     fn handle(&mut self, tokens: &Vec<Node>) {
         for n in tokens {
             match n {
                 &Node::Lit(val) => { self.visit_lit(val); },
-                &Node::Expr(val) => { self.visit_expr(val); },
+                &Node::Expr(ref val) => { self.visit_expr(&val); },
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/askama_codegen/src/parser.rs b/askama_codegen/src/parser.rs
index b7a712b..5f3f8c5 100644
--- a/askama_codegen/src/parser.rs
+++ b/askama_codegen/src/parser.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 use nom::{self, IResult};
 
+pub enum Expr<'a> {
+     Var(&'a [u8]),
+}
+
 pub enum Node<'a> {
     Lit(&'a [u8]),
-    Expr(&'a [u8]),
+    Expr(Expr<'a>),
 }
 
 fn take_content(i: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], Node> {
@@ -23,9 +27,11 @@ fn take_content(i: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], Node> {
     IResult::Done(&i[..0], Node::Lit(&i[..]))
 }
 
-named!(expr_str, delimited!(tag!("{{"), take_until!("}}"), tag!("}}")));
+named!(expr_var<Expr>, map!(ws!(nom::alphanumeric), Expr::Var));
+
+named!(any_expr<Expr>, delimited!(tag!("{{"), expr_var, tag!("}}")));
 
-named!(expr_node<Node>, map!(expr_str, Node::Expr));
+named!(expr_node<Node>, map!(any_expr, Node::Expr));
 
 named!(parse_template< Vec<Node> >, many1!(alt!(take_content | expr_node)));