tagString (#99)

index.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var Element = require('./lib/Element')
 var equal = require('./lib/equal')
 var createElement = require('./lib/createElement')
 var tag = require('./lib/tag')
+var tagString = require('./lib/tagString')
 var is = require('./lib/is')
 
 exports = module.exports = tag
@@ -33,3 +34,4 @@ exports.Parser = Parser
 exports.parse = parse
 
 exports.tag = tag
+exports.tagString = tagString

lib/tag.js

@@ -1,18 +1,8 @@
 'use strict'
 
-var escape = require('./escape').escapeXML
+var tagString = require('./tagString')
 var parse = require('./parse')
 
 module.exports = function tag (/* [literals], ...substitutions */) {
-  var literals = arguments[0]
-
-  var str = ''
-
-  for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) {
-    str += literals[i - 1]
-    str += escape(arguments[i])
-  }
-  str += literals[literals.length - 1]
-
-  return parse(str)
+  return parse(tagString.apply(null, arguments))
 }

lib/tagString.js

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+'use strict'
+
+var escape = require('./escape').escapeXML
+
+module.exports = function tagString (/* [literals], ...substitutions */) {
+  var literals = arguments[0]
+
+  var str = ''
+
+  for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+    str += literals[i - 1]
+    str += escape(arguments[i])
+  }
+  str += literals[literals.length - 1]
+
+  return str
+}