[stringtemplate-interest] problem with first(attribute) expression when attribute is a list of hashes

[matt at thataddress.com]

Hello list (new here),

I have a web page where I stuff a List
of HashMap into a string template, and I want to use one of the members of
the first hash in the list.  So I tried:

$first(list_attribute).hash_member$

This resulted in a
NullPointerException in ConditionalExpr.write (line 88).

Then I
tried:

$first(list_attribute):{ $it.hash_member$ }$

This approach resulted in an empty string (and I verified that the
member I want to reference is in fact passed into the template).  Is
there some other way to do what I want, that I'm missing?  I'm using
StringTemplate 3.1b1.

- Matt Brown