How to escape $ on Python string Template class?

The docs say that you can replace the pattern as long as it contains all necessary named groups:

import re
from string import Template


class TemplateIgnoreInvalid(Template):
    # override pattern to make sure `invalid` never matches
    pattern = r"""
    %(delim)s(?:
      (?P<escaped>%(delim)s) |   # Escape sequence of two delimiters
      (?P<named>%(id)s)      |   # delimiter and a Python identifier
      {(?P<braced>%(id)s)}   |   # delimiter and a braced identifier
      (?P<invalid>^$)            # never matches (the regex is not multilined)
    )
    """ % dict(delim=re.escape(Template.delimiter), id=Template.idpattern)


def check_substitution(template, **mapping):
    try:
        TemplateIgnoreInvalid(template).substitute(mapping)
    except KeyError:
        return False
    else:
        return True

Tests

f = check_substitution
assert f('var is $var', var=1)
assert f('$ var is $var', var=1)
assert     f('var is $var and foo is $foo', var=1, foo=2)
assert not f('var is $var and foo is $foo', var=1)
assert     f('$ var is $var and foo is $foo', var=1, foo=2)
assert not f('$ var is $var and foo is $foo', var=1)
# support all invalid patterns
assert f('var is $var and foo is ${foo', var=1)
assert f('var is $var and foo is ${foo', var=1, foo=2) #NOTE: problematic API
assert     f('var is $var and foo is ${foo and ${baz}', var=1, baz=3)
assert not f('var is $var and foo is ${foo and ${baz}', var=1)

It works for all invalid occurences of the delimiter ($).

The examples show that ignoring invalid patterns conceals simple typos in the template so it is not a good API.

This is a Quick Fix (Using recursion):

def check_substitution(tem, m):
    try:
        string.Template(tem).substitute(m)
    except KeyError:
        return False
    except ValueError:
        return check_substitution(tem.replace('$ ', '$'), m) #strip spaces after $
    return True

I Know its take a longer time if there is more than One Space between $ and var , so you may improve it by using Regular Expression.

EDIT

escaping $ into $$ makes more sense [ Thanks @Pedro ] so you can catch ValueError by this statement:

return check_substitution(tem.replace('$ ', '$$ '), m) #escaping $ by $$