compile a template without rendering it?

E R <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.template-toolkit
Message-ID <CA+QY9tt0dju+CqytDQc2QTySbnULBLPsPCTW5vYYSR8ufget=Q@mail.gmail.com> 
Is there  way to compile a template without rendering it?

Ideally I'd like to be able to a) force recompilation and b) recompile
only if necessary.

Thanks,
ER
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