Index: django/template/loaders/eggs.py
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--- django/template/loaders/eggs.py	(revision 7027)
+++ django/template/loaders/eggs.py	(working copy)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         pkg_name = 'templates/' + template_name
         for app in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
             try:
-                return (resource_string(app, pkg_name), 'egg:%s:%s ' % (app, pkg_name)).decode(settings.FILE_CHARSET)
+                return (resource_string(app, pkg_name).decode(settings.FILE_CHARSET), 'egg:%s:%s' % (app, pkg_name))
             except:
                 pass
     raise TemplateDoesNotExist, template_name
Index: tests/regressiontests/templates/loaders.py
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--- tests/regressiontests/templates/loaders.py	(revision 0)
+++ tests/regressiontests/templates/loaders.py	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Test cases for the template loaders
+"""
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    settings.configure()
+
+import unittest
+import sys
+import pkg_resources
+import imp
+import StringIO
+
+from django.template import TemplateDoesNotExist
+from django.template.loaders.eggs import load_template_source as lts_egg
+
+
+#Mock classes and objects for pkg_resources functions
+class MockProvider(pkg_resources.NullProvider):
+
+    def __init__(self, module):
+        pkg_resources.NullProvider.__init__(self, module)
+        self.module = module
+
+    def _has(self, path):
+        return path in self.module._resources
+
+    def _isdir(self,path):
+        return False
+
+    def get_resource_stream(self, manager, resource_name):
+        return self.module._resources[resource_name]
+
+    def _get(self, path):
+        return self.module._resources[path].read()
+
+class MockLoader(object): pass
+
+
+
+def create_egg(name, resources):
+    """
+    Creates a mock egg with a list of resources
+    
+    name: The name of the module
+    resources: A dictionary of resources. Keys are the names and values the the data. 
+    
+    """
+    egg = imp.new_module(name)
+    egg.__loader__ = MockLoader()
+    egg._resources = resources
+    sys.modules[name] = egg
+
+
+class EggLoader(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        pkg_resources._provider_factories[MockLoader] = MockProvider
+        
+        self.empty_egg = create_egg("egg_emtpy", {})
+        self.egg_1 = create_egg("egg_1", {
+            'templates/y.html' : StringIO.StringIO("y"),
+            'templates/x.txt' : StringIO.StringIO("x"),
+        })
+        settings.INSTALLED_APPS = []
+
+    
+    def test_emtpy(self):
+        """
+        Loading any template on an empty egg should fail 
+        """
+        settings.INSTALLED_APPS = ['egg_emtpy']
+        self.assertRaises(TemplateDoesNotExist, lts_egg, "not-existing.html")
+
+    def test_non_existing(self):
+        settings.INSTALLED_APPS = ['egg_emtpy']
+        self.assertRaises(TemplateDoesNotExist, lts_egg, "not-existing.html")
+    
+    def test_existing(self):
+        settings.INSTALLED_APPS = ['egg_1']
+        contents, template_name = lts_egg("y.html")
+        self.assertEqual(contents, "y")
+        self.assertEqual(template_name, "egg:egg_1:templates/y.html")
+    
+    def test_not_installed(self):
+        """
+        Loading an existing template on a egg not included in INSTALLED_APPS 
+        should fail
+        """
+        settings.INSTALLED_APPS = []
+        self.assertRaises(TemplateDoesNotExist, lts_egg, "y.html")
+
+    
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()