Genshi won't render variables with an extra $ before them in the template

[adam@…]

It seems that Genshi won't render a variable when the template has an extra $ before it.

Examples: if payment_amount is 10 ${payment_amount} will render to 10 $${payment_amount} will render out to ${payment_amount} $$${payment_amount} will render to $${payment_amount} $$$${payment_amount} will render to $${payment_amount} $$$$${payment_amount} will render to $$${payment_amount}

I also tried $${payment_amount}, but that renders to ${payment_amount}

The workaround that I found is $‍${payment_amount}, which renders to $10, but it looks messy in the rendered code with the zero-width joiner