diff --git a/lib/template.dart b/lib/template.dart
index 9b346ee..d15f09d 100644
--- a/lib/template.dart
+++ b/lib/template.dart
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@
 	// Walks up the stack looking for the variable.
 	// Handles dotted names of the form "a.b.c".
 	_resolveValue(String name) {
+		// Handle implicit iterators
+		if (name == '.') {
+			var val = _stack.last;
+			return val == null ? null : val.toString();
+		}
+
 		var parts = name.split('.');
 		var map =	_stack
 	              .reversed