Support rendering symbols as strings

lib/liquid/extensions.rb

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ class String # :nodoc:
   end
 end
 
+class Symbol # :nodoc:
+  def to_liquid
+    to_s
+  end
+end
+
 class Array # :nodoc:
   def to_liquid
     self

test/integration/variable_test.rb

@@ -89,4 +89,8 @@ class VariableTest < Minitest::Test
   def test_multiline_variable
     assert_equal 'worked', Template.parse("{{\ntest\n}}").render!('test' => 'worked')
   end
+
+  def test_render_symbol
+    assert_template_result 'bar', '{{ foo }}', 'foo' => :bar
+  end
 end