From c301172f660a1fe0b42023da990bf7385d69adb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Piotr Wilkin (ilintar)" <piotr.wilkin@syndatis.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:24:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] jinja: support none|string (#18995)
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* jinja: support none|string

* Update common/jinja/value.cpp

Co-authored-by: Sigbjørn Skjæret <sigbjorn.skjaeret@scala.com>

* Update tests/test-jinja.cpp

Co-authored-by: Sigbjørn Skjæret <sigbjorn.skjaeret@scala.com>

* Add as_string()

---------

Co-authored-by: Sigbjørn Skjæret <sigbjorn.skjaeret@scala.com>
---
 common/jinja/value.cpp | 1 +
 common/jinja/value.h   | 2 +-
 tests/test-jinja.cpp   | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/common/jinja/value.cpp b/common/jinja/value.cpp
index e414aad444..d2ed824269 100644
--- a/common/jinja/value.cpp
+++ b/common/jinja/value.cpp
@@ -1005,6 +1005,7 @@ const func_builtins & value_none_t::get_builtins() const {
     static const func_builtins builtins = {
         {"default", default_value},
         {"tojson", tojson},
+        {"string", [](const func_args &) -> value { return mk_val<value_string>("None"); }}
     };
     return builtins;
 }
diff --git a/common/jinja/value.h b/common/jinja/value.h
index 7bd0202cea..ccb05c6fd4 100644
--- a/common/jinja/value.h
+++ b/common/jinja/value.h
@@ -342,12 +342,12 @@ struct value_none_t : public value_t {
     virtual std::string type() const override { return "None"; }
     virtual bool is_none() const override { return true; }
     virtual bool as_bool() const override { return false; }
+    virtual string as_string() const override { return string("None"); }
     virtual std::string as_repr() const override { return type(); }
     virtual const func_builtins & get_builtins() const override;
 };
 using value_none = std::shared_ptr<value_none_t>;
 
-
 struct value_undefined_t : public value_t {
     std::string hint; // for debugging, to indicate where undefined came from
     value_undefined_t(const std::string & h = "") : hint(h) {}
diff --git a/tests/test-jinja.cpp b/tests/test-jinja.cpp
index 99630ecb3b..54d3a0923b 100644
--- a/tests/test-jinja.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-jinja.cpp
@@ -609,6 +609,12 @@ static void test_filters(testing & t) {
         json::object(),
         "hello"
     );
+
+    test_template(t, "none to string",
+        "{{ x|string }}",
+        {{"x", nullptr}},
+        "None"
+    );
 }
 
 static void test_literals(testing & t) {