Merge branch '4.x'

# Conflicts:
#	components/bower.json
#	components/handlebars.js.nuspec
#	components/package.json
#	package-lock.json
#	package.json

lib/handlebars/compiler/base.js

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export { parser };
 let yy = {};
 extend(yy, Helpers);
 
-export function parse(input, options) {
+export function parseWithoutProcessing(input, options) {
   // Just return if an already-compiled AST was passed in.
   if (input.type === 'Program') { return input; }
 
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ export function parse(input, options) {
     return new yy.SourceLocation(options && options.srcName, locInfo);
   };
 
-  let strip = new WhitespaceControl(options);
-  return strip.accept(parser.parse(input));
+  let ast = parser.parse(input);
+
+  return ast;
+}
+
+export function parse(input, options) {
+  let ast = parseWithoutProcessing(input, options);
+  let strip = new WhitespaceControl(options);
+
+  return strip.accept(ast);
 }