Got simple literal expressions added into paths.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/lib/handlebars/compiler/compiler.js b/lib/handlebars/compiler/compiler.js
index a3fd120..86b7361 100644
--- a/lib/handlebars/compiler/compiler.js
+++ b/lib/handlebars/compiler/compiler.js
@@ -314,12 +314,13 @@ Handlebars.JavaScriptCompiler = function() {};
     // PUBLIC API: You can override these methods in a subclass to provide
     // alternative compiled forms for name lookup and buffering semantics
     nameLookup: function(parent, name, type) {
-      if(JavaScriptCompiler.RESERVED_WORDS[name] || name.indexOf('-') !== -1 || !isNaN(name)) {
-        return parent + "['" + name + "']";
-      } else if (/^[0-9]+$/.test(name)) {
+			if (/^[0-9]+$/.test(name)) {
         return parent + "[" + name + "]";
-      } else {
-        return parent + "." + name;
+      } else if (JavaScriptCompiler.isValidJavaScriptVariableName(name)) {
+	    	return parent + "." + name;
+			}
+			else {
+				return parent + "['" + name + "']";
       }
     },
 
@@ -734,6 +735,13 @@ Handlebars.JavaScriptCompiler = function() {};
     compilerWords[reservedWords[i]] = true;
   }
 
+	JavaScriptCompiler.isValidJavaScriptVariableName = function(name) {
+		if(!JavaScriptCompiler.RESERVED_WORDS[name] && /^[a-zA-Z_$][0-9a-zA-Z_$]+$/.test(name)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 })(Handlebars.Compiler, Handlebars.JavaScriptCompiler);
 
 Handlebars.precompile = function(string, options) {