From 39314e3403bf473ef6e416067f5a414adeba80e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andinus <andinus@nand.sh>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:18:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Handle all pointer types generically

---
 README.org       |  4 ++++
 template_nest.go | 15 +++++++++------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 9bb4c7d..cbc8667 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ https://pypi.org/project/template-nest/.
 
 * News
 
+** v0.1.5 - 2025-02-22
+
++ Handle all pointer types generically.
+
 ** v0.1.4 - 2025-01-09
 
 + Fix nil pointer dereference error.
diff --git a/template_nest.go b/template_nest.go
index 25b5dc4..c9c9c67 100644
--- a/template_nest.go
+++ b/template_nest.go
@@ -283,6 +283,15 @@ func (nest *TemplateNest) Render(toRender interface{}) (string, error) {
 		return "", nil
 	}
 
+	// Handle pointer types generically
+	if reflect.TypeOf(toRender).Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		if reflect.ValueOf(toRender).IsNil() {
+			return "", nil
+		}
+		// Dereference the pointer and recursively call Render
+		return nest.Render(reflect.ValueOf(toRender).Elem().Interface())
+	}
+
 	if reflect.TypeOf(toRender).Kind() == reflect.Slice {
 		return nest.renderSlice(toRender)
 	}
@@ -294,12 +303,6 @@ func (nest *TemplateNest) Render(toRender interface{}) (string, error) {
 	case bool:
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%t", v), nil
 
-	case *string:
-		if v == nil {
-			return "", nil
-		}
-		return nest.Render(*v)
-
 	case string:
 		if nest.option.NoEscapeInput {
 			return v, nil