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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Tests\Core\Theme\TwigEngineTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\Core\Theme;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Test covergage for the file core/themes/engines/twig/twig.engine.
+ *
+ * @group Theme
+ */
+class TwigEngineTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  /**
+   * The mocked Twig environment.
+   *
+   * @var \Twig_Environment|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
+   */
+  protected $twigEnvironment;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    // Ensure that twig.engine is loaded, it is needed to access
+    // twig_drupal_escape_filter().
+    require_once $this->root . '/core/themes/engines/twig/twig.engine';
+
+    $this->twigEnvironment = $this->getMock('\Twig_Environment');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests output of integer and double 0 values of twig_render_var().
+   *
+   * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2417733
+   */
+  public function testsRenderZeroValue() {
+    $this->assertSame(twig_render_var(0), 0, 'twig_render_var() renders zero correctly when provided as an integer.');
+    $this->assertSame(twig_render_var(0.0), 0, 'twig_render_var() renders zero correctly when provided as a double.');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests output of integer and double 0 values of twig_drupal_escape_filter().
+   *
+   * @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2417733
+   */
+  public function testsRenderEscapedZeroValue() {
+    $this->assertSame(twig_drupal_escape_filter($this->twigEnvironment, 0), 0, 'twig_escape_filter() returns zero correctly when provided as an integer.');
+    $this->assertSame(twig_drupal_escape_filter($this->twigEnvironment, 0.0), 0, 'twig_escape_filter() returns zero correctly when provided as a double.');
+  }
+
+}