[huangjeff5]

A block, partial, or comment tag at the start of a line dropped the spaces between it and the next tag on that line, so words in a rendered prompt ran together. Handlebars.js keeps those spaces, and now this engine does too.

from dotpromptz_handlebars import Handlebars

render = Handlebars().compile('Ingredients:\n{{#each items}} {{this}}{{/each}}')
render({'items': ['flour', 'eggs']})
# before: 'Ingredients:\nfloureggs'
# after:  'Ingredients:\n flour eggs'

Decisions

• Only spaces that run into another tag on the same line are kept. A tag alone on its line still drops that line, including a closing tag on the last line followed by trailing spaces.
• Same fix for {{#if}}, {{#each}}, {{else}}, closing tags, {{> partial}}, and {{! comment}}, since they all follow the same line rule.

Verification

• Verified byte-for-byte parity against handlebars@4.7.9: all 8 new cases ({{#each}}, {{#if}}, {{else}}, closing tags, {{> partial}}, {{! comment}}, and trailing spaces after a standalone closing tag at EOF) live in python/handlebars/tests/conformance_cases.json, which test_recorded_output_still_matches_handlebars_4_7_9 re-renders through Node via conformance_oracle.js in CI.