google · matthewchan-g · Sep 9, 2025 · Aug 15, 2025 · Aug 15, 2025 · Aug 15, 2025
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -104,10 +104,11 @@ Minja supports the following subset of the [Jinja2/3 template syntax](https://ji
 - Full expression syntax
 - Statements `{{% … %}}`, variable sections `{{ … }}`, and comments `{# … #}` with pre/post space elision `{%- … -%}` / `{{- … -}}` / `{#- … -#}`
 - `if` / `elif` / `else` / `endif`
-- `for` (`recursive`) (`if`) / `else` / `endfor` w/ `loop.*` (including `loop.cycle`) and destructuring
+- `for` (`recursive`) (`if`) / `else` / `endfor` w/ `loop.*` (including `loop.cycle`) and destructuring)
 - `break`, `continue` (aka [loop controls extensions](https://github.com/google/minja/pull/39))
 - `set` w/ namespaces & destructuring
 - `macro` / `endmacro`
+- `call` / `endcall` - for calling macro (w/ macro arguments and `caller()` syntax) and passing a macro to another macro (w/o passing arguments back to the call block)
 - `filter` / `endfilter`
 - Extensible filters collection: `count`, `dictsort`, `equalto`, `e` / `escape`, `items`, `join`, `joiner`, `namespace`, `raise_exception`, `range`, `reject` / `rejectattr` / `select` / `selectattr`, `tojson`, `trim`
 

diff --git a/include/minja/minja.hpp b/include/minja/minja.hpp
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ enum SpaceHandling { Keep, Strip, StripSpaces, StripNewline };
 
 class TemplateToken {
 public:
-    enum class Type { Text, Expression, If, Else, Elif, EndIf, For, EndFor, Generation, EndGeneration, Set, EndSet, Comment, Macro, EndMacro, Filter, EndFilter, Break, Continue };
+    enum class Type { Text, Expression, If, Else, Elif, EndIf, For, EndFor, Generation, EndGeneration, Set, EndSet, Comment, Macro, EndMacro, Filter, EndFilter, Break, Continue, Call, EndCall };
 
     static std::string typeToString(Type t) {
         switch (t) {
@@ -729,6 +729,8 @@ class TemplateToken {
             case Type::EndGeneration: return "endgeneration";
             case Type::Break: return "break";
             case Type::Continue: return "continue";
+            case Type::Call: return "call";
+            case Type::EndCall: return "endcall";
         }
         return "Unknown";
     }
@@ -846,6 +848,17 @@ struct LoopControlTemplateToken : public TemplateToken {
     LoopControlTemplateToken(const Location & loc, SpaceHandling pre, SpaceHandling post, LoopControlType control_type) : TemplateToken(Type::Break, loc, pre, post), control_type(control_type) {}
 };
 
+struct CallTemplateToken : public TemplateToken {
+    std::shared_ptr<Expression> expr;
+    CallTemplateToken(const Location & loc, SpaceHandling pre, SpaceHandling post, std::shared_ptr<Expression> && e) 
+        : TemplateToken(Type::Call, loc, pre, post), expr(std::move(e)) {}
+};
+
+struct EndCallTemplateToken : public TemplateToken {
+    EndCallTemplateToken(const Location & loc, SpaceHandling pre, SpaceHandling post) 
+        : TemplateToken(Type::EndCall, loc, pre, post) {}
+};
+
 class TemplateNode {
     Location location_;
 protected:
@@ -1050,31 +1063,36 @@ class MacroNode : public TemplateNode {
     void do_render(std::ostringstream &, const std::shared_ptr<Context> & macro_context) const override {
         if (!name) throw std::runtime_error("MacroNode.name is null");
         if (!body) throw std::runtime_error("MacroNode.body is null");
-        auto callable = Value::callable([&](const std::shared_ptr<Context> & context, ArgumentsValue & args) {
-            auto call_context = macro_context;
+        auto callable = Value::callable([this, macro_context](const std::shared_ptr<Context> & call_context, ArgumentsValue & args) {
+            auto execution_context = Context::make(Value::object(), macro_context);
+
+            if (call_context->contains("caller")) {
+                execution_context->set("caller", call_context->get("caller"));
+            }
+
             std::vector<bool> param_set(params.size(), false);
             for (size_t i = 0, n = args.args.size(); i < n; i++) {
                 auto & arg = args.args[i];
                 if (i >= params.size()) throw std::runtime_error("Too many positional arguments for macro " + name->get_name());
                 param_set[i] = true;
                 auto & param_name = params[i].first;
-                call_context->set(param_name, arg);
+                execution_context->set(param_name, arg);
             }
             for (auto & [arg_name, value] : args.kwargs) {
                 auto it = named_param_positions.find(arg_name);
                 if (it == named_param_positions.end()) throw std::runtime_error("Unknown parameter name for macro " + name->get_name() + ": " + arg_name);
 
-                call_context->set(arg_name, value);
+                execution_context->set(arg_name, value);
                 param_set[it->second] = true;
             }
             // Set default values for parameters that were not passed
             for (size_t i = 0, n = params.size(); i < n; i++) {
                 if (!param_set[i] && params[i].second != nullptr) {
-                    auto val = params[i].second->evaluate(context);
-                    call_context->set(params[i].first, val);
+                    auto val = params[i].second->evaluate(call_context);
+                    execution_context->set(params[i].first, val);
                 }
             }
-            return body->render(call_context);
+            return body->render(execution_context);
         });
         macro_context->set(name->get_name(), callable);
     }
@@ -1611,6 +1629,40 @@ class CallExpr : public Expression {
     }
 };
 
+class CallNode : public TemplateNode {
+    std::shared_ptr<Expression> expr;
+    std::shared_ptr<TemplateNode> body;
+
+public:
+    CallNode(const Location & loc, std::shared_ptr<Expression> && e, std::shared_ptr<TemplateNode> && b)
+        : TemplateNode(loc), expr(std::move(e)), body(std::move(b)) {}
+
+    void do_render(std::ostringstream & out, const std::shared_ptr<Context> & context) const override {
+        if (!expr) throw std::runtime_error("CallNode.expr is null");
+        if (!body) throw std::runtime_error("CallNode.body is null");
+
+        auto caller = Value::callable([this, context](const std::shared_ptr<Context> &, ArgumentsValue &) -> Value {
+            return Value(body->render(context));
+        });
+
+        context->set("caller", caller);
+
+        auto call_expr = dynamic_cast<CallExpr*>(expr.get());
+        if (!call_expr) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("Invalid call block syntax - expected function call");
+        }
+
+        Value function = call_expr->object->evaluate(context);
+        if (!function.is_callable()) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("Call target must be callable: " + function.dump());
+        }
+        ArgumentsValue args = call_expr->args.evaluate(context);
+
+        Value result = function.call(context, args);
+        out << result.to_str();
+    }
+};
+
 class FilterExpr : public Expression {
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Expression>> parts;
 public:
@@ -2320,7 +2372,7 @@ class Parser {
       static std::regex comment_tok(R"(\{#([-~]?)([\s\S]*?)([-~]?)#\})");
       static std::regex expr_open_regex(R"(\{\{([-~])?)");
       static std::regex block_open_regex(R"(^\{%([-~])?\s*)");
-      static std::regex block_keyword_tok(R"((if|else|elif|endif|for|endfor|generation|endgeneration|set|endset|block|endblock|macro|endmacro|filter|endfilter|break|continue)\b)");
+      static std::regex block_keyword_tok(R"((if|else|elif|endif|for|endfor|generation|endgeneration|set|endset|block|endblock|macro|endmacro|filter|endfilter|break|continue|call|endcall)\b)");
       static std::regex non_text_open_regex(R"(\{\{|\{%|\{#)");
       static std::regex expr_close_regex(R"(\s*([-~])?\}\})");
       static std::regex block_close_regex(R"(\s*([-~])?%\})");
@@ -2443,6 +2495,15 @@ class Parser {
             } else if (keyword == "endmacro") {
               auto post_space = parseBlockClose();
               tokens.push_back(std::make_unique<EndMacroTemplateToken>(location, pre_space, post_space));
+            } else if (keyword == "call") {
+              auto expr = parseExpression();
+              if (!expr) throw std::runtime_error("Expected expression in call block");
+
+              auto post_space = parseBlockClose();
+              tokens.push_back(std::make_unique<CallTemplateToken>(location, pre_space, post_space, std::move(expr)));
+            } else if (keyword == "endcall") {
+              auto post_space = parseBlockClose();
+              tokens.push_back(std::make_unique<EndCallTemplateToken>(location, pre_space, post_space));
             } else if (keyword == "filter") {
               auto filter = parseExpression();
               if (!filter) throw std::runtime_error("Expected expression in filter block");
@@ -2575,6 +2636,12 @@ class Parser {
                   throw unterminated(**start);
               }
               children.emplace_back(std::make_shared<MacroNode>(token->location, std::move(macro_token->name), std::move(macro_token->params), std::move(body)));
+          } else if (auto call_token = dynamic_cast<CallTemplateToken*>(token.get())) {
+            auto body = parseTemplate(begin, it, end);
+            if (it == end || (*(it++))->type != TemplateToken::Type::EndCall) {
+                throw unterminated(**start);
+            }
+            children.emplace_back(std::make_shared<CallNode>(token->location, std::move(call_token->expr), std::move(body)));
           } else if (auto filter_token = dynamic_cast<FilterTemplateToken*>(token.get())) {
               auto body = parseTemplate(begin, it, end);
               if (it == end || (*(it++))->type != TemplateToken::Type::EndFilter) {
@@ -2588,6 +2655,7 @@ class Parser {
           } else if (dynamic_cast<EndForTemplateToken*>(token.get())
                   || dynamic_cast<EndSetTemplateToken*>(token.get())
                   || dynamic_cast<EndMacroTemplateToken*>(token.get())
+                  || dynamic_cast<EndCallTemplateToken*>(token.get())
                   || dynamic_cast<EndFilterTemplateToken*>(token.get())
                   || dynamic_cast<EndIfTemplateToken*>(token.get())
                   || dynamic_cast<ElseTemplateToken*>(token.get())

diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ set(MODEL_IDS
     OnlyCheeini/greesychat-turbo
     onnx-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B-ONNX
     open-thoughts/OpenThinker-7B
+    openbmb/MiniCPM3-4B
     openchat/openchat-3.5-0106
     Orenguteng/Llama-3.1-8B-Lexi-Uncensored-V2
     OrionStarAI/Orion-14B-Chat
@@ -261,7 +262,6 @@ set(MODEL_IDS
     prithivMLmods/Qwen2.5-7B-DeepSeek-R1-1M
     prithivMLmods/QwQ-Math-IO-500M
     prithivMLmods/Triangulum-v2-10B
-    qingy2024/Falcon3-2x10B-MoE-Instruct
     Qwen/QVQ-72B-Preview
     Qwen/Qwen1.5-7B-Chat
     Qwen/Qwen2-7B-Instruct

diff --git a/tests/test-syntax.cpp b/tests/test-syntax.cpp
@@ -429,6 +429,54 @@ TEST(SyntaxTest, SimpleCases) {
             {%- endmacro -%}
             {{- foo() }} {{ foo() -}})", {}, {}));
 
+    EXPECT_EQ(
+        "x,x",
+        render(R"(
+            {%- macro test() -%}{{ caller() }},{{ caller() }}{%- endmacro -%}
+            {%- call test() -%}x{%- endcall -%}
+        )", {}, {}));
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(
+        "Outer[Inner(X)]",
+        render(R"(
+            {%- macro outer() -%}Outer[{{ caller() }}]{%- endmacro -%}
+            {%- macro inner() -%}Inner({{ caller() }}){%- endmacro -%}
+            {%- call outer() -%}{%- call inner() -%}X{%- endcall -%}{%- endcall -%}
+        )", {}, {}));
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(
+        "<ul><li>A</li><li>B</li></ul>",
+        render(R"(
+            {%- macro test(prefix, suffix) -%}{{ prefix }}{{ caller() }}{{ suffix }}{%- endmacro -%}
+            {%- set items = ["a", "b"] -%}
+            {%- call test("<ul>", "</ul>") -%}
+                {%- for item in items -%}
+                    <li>{{ item | upper }}</li>
+                {%- endfor -%}
+            {%- endcall -%}
+        )", {}, {}));
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(
+        "\\n\\nclass A:\\n  b: 1\\n  c: 2\\n",
+        render(R"(
+            {%- macro recursive(obj) -%}
+            {%- set ns = namespace(content = caller()) -%}
+            {%- for key, value in obj.items() %}
+                {%- if value is mapping %}
+                    {%- call recursive(value) -%}
+                        {{ '\\n\\nclass ' + key.title() + ':\\n' }}
+                    {%- endcall -%}
+                {%- else -%}
+                    {%- set ns.content = ns.content + '  ' + key + ': ' + value + '\\n' -%}
+                {%- endif -%}
+            {%- endfor -%}
+            {{ ns.content }}
+            {%- endmacro -%}
+
+            {%- call recursive({"a": {"b": "1", "c": "2"}}) -%}
+            {%- endcall -%}
+        )", {}, {}));
+
     if (!getenv("USE_JINJA2")) {
         EXPECT_EQ(
             "Foo",
@@ -584,6 +632,10 @@ TEST(SyntaxTest, SimpleCases) {
         EXPECT_THAT([]() { render("{% if 1 %}{% else %}{% elif 1 %}{% endif %}", {}, {}); }, ThrowsWithSubstr("Unterminated if"));
         EXPECT_THAT([]() { render("{% filter trim %}", {}, {}); }, ThrowsWithSubstr("Unterminated filter"));
         EXPECT_THAT([]() { render("{# ", {}, {}); }, ThrowsWithSubstr("Missing end of comment tag"));
+
+        EXPECT_THAT([]() {
+            render("{%- macro test() -%}content{%- endmacro -%}{%- call test -%}caller_content{%- endcall -%}", {}, {});
+        }, ThrowsWithSubstr("Invalid call block syntax - expected function call"));
     }
 
     EXPECT_EQ(