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33653	no signature found for builtin raised for non-existant items	Daniel	nobody	"Found during a 2.2 -> 3.2 upgrade:

**Given a template**:

{{{
{{ foo }}
}}}

where `foo` is non-existant, it returns nothing, empty. (That's good)

{{{
{{ foo.count }}
}}}

also empty (Also good)

{{{
{% include 'second_template.html' with bar=foo %}
}}}


and then in `second_template.html` having:

{{{
{{ foo.count }}
}}}

results in
{{{
  File ""/Users/daniel/src/django-bug-test/.v/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/template/base.py"", line 861, in _resolve_lookup
    signature = inspect.signature(current)
  File ""/Users/daniel/.pyenv/versions/3.8.3/lib/python3.8/inspect.py"", line 3093, in signature
    return Signature.from_callable(obj, follow_wrapped=follow_wrapped)
  File ""/Users/daniel/.pyenv/versions/3.8.3/lib/python3.8/inspect.py"", line 2842, in from_callable
    return _signature_from_callable(obj, sigcls=cls,
  File ""/Users/daniel/.pyenv/versions/3.8.3/lib/python3.8/inspect.py"", line 2296, in _signature_from_callable
    return _signature_from_builtin(sigcls, obj,
  File ""/Users/daniel/.pyenv/versions/3.8.3/lib/python3.8/inspect.py"", line 2107, in _signature_from_builtin
    raise ValueError(""no signature found for builtin {!r}"".format(func))

Exception Type: ValueError at /
Exception Value: no signature found for builtin <built-in method count of str object at 0x1100ff2f0>
}}}

On django 2.2, this would not crash, but resulted in empty (as I expected).

this seems to fix it for me:
{{{
diff --git a/django/template/base.py b/django/template/base.py
index a1ab437eca..f95aec5a90 100644
--- a/django/template/base.py
+++ b/django/template/base.py
@@ -913,15 +913,19 @@ def _resolve_lookup(self, context):
                         try:  # method call (assuming no args required)
                             current = current()
                         except TypeError:
-                            signature = inspect.signature(current)
                             try:
-                                signature.bind()
-                            except TypeError:  # arguments *were* required
-                                current = (
-                                    context.template.engine.string_if_invalid
-                                )  # invalid method call
+                                signature = inspect.signature(current)
+                            except ValueError: # python builtins might not have signature
+                                current = context.template.engine.string_if_invalid
                             else:
-                                raise
+                                try:
+                                    signature.bind()
+                                except TypeError:  # arguments *were* required
+                                    current = (
+                                        context.template.engine.string_if_invalid
+                                    )  # invalid method call
+                                else:
+                                    raise
         except Exception as e:
             template_name = getattr(context, ""template_name"", None) or ""unknown""
             logger.debug(
}}}"	Bug	new	Template system	3.2	Normal		template		Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0