src/pkg/template/template.go      | 2 +-
 src/pkg/template/template_test.go | 6 ++++++

diff --git a/src/pkg/template/template.go b/src/pkg/template/template.go
index be5c59aed8874da3f5c16ffdf8e47e23a48e0d83..aa050776165d0f9c416b29e3c65ee1b46801448d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/template/template.go
+++ b/src/pkg/template/template.go
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ 		return v.Len() == 0
 	case *reflect.SliceValue:
 		return v.Len() == 0
 	}
-	return true
+	return false
 }
 
 // Look up a variable or method, up through the parent if necessary.
diff --git a/src/pkg/template/template_test.go b/src/pkg/template/template_test.go
index 1c491e34ae6a2efe0712bc50d3e1e3e09db22a06..4075444a81230b8bd033bd7992c510de785be012 100644
--- a/src/pkg/template/template_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/template/template_test.go
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@
 		out: " Header\n",
 	},
 
+	&Test{
+		in: "{.section integer}{@}{.end}",
+
+		out: "77",
+	},
+
 	// Repeated
 	&Test{
 		in: "{.section pdata }\n" +