Merge pull request #111 from terrancesnyder/Issue#110

Pull request for #110

@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ describe('Functional', function() {
         expect(el.getElementsByTagName('li').length).toBe(2);
       });
 
+      it('should not fail if the collection being bound to is null', function() {
+        data.set({ items: null});
+        rivets.bind(el, bindData);
+        expect(el.getElementsByTagName('li').length).toBe(0);
+      });
+
       it('should re-loop over the collection and create new instances when the array changes', function() {
         rivets.bind(el, bindData);
         expect(el.getElementsByTagName('li').length).toBe(2);
@@ -162,6 +168,7 @@ describe('Functional', function() {
         expect(el.getElementsByTagName('li')[2]).toHaveTheTextContent('b');
         expect(el.getElementsByTagName('li')[3]).toHaveTheTextContent('last');
       })
+
     });
   });
 

@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ Rivets.binders =
 
       @iterated = []
 
+      if collection
         for item in collection
           data = {}
           data[n] = m for n, m of @view.models