diff --git a/docs/owl.js b/docs/owl.js
index e857c50c9..2115c64de 100644
--- a/docs/owl.js
+++ b/docs/owl.js
@@ -3159,8 +3159,14 @@ const helpers = {
     makeRefWrapper,
 };
 
-const bdom = { text, createBlock, list, multi, html, toggler, comment };
-function parseXML$1(xml) {
+/**
+ * Parses an XML string into an XML document, throwing errors on parser errors
+ * instead of returning an XML document containing the parseerror.
+ *
+ * @param xml the string to parse
+ * @returns an XML document corresponding to the content of the string
+ */
+function parseXML(xml) {
     const parser = new DOMParser();
     const doc = parser.parseFromString(xml, "text/xml");
     if (doc.getElementsByTagName("parsererror").length) {
@@ -3187,7 +3193,9 @@ function parseXML$1(xml) {
         throw new OwlError(msg);
     }
     return doc;
-}
+}
+
+const bdom = { text, createBlock, list, multi, html, toggler, comment };
 class TemplateSet {
     constructor(config = {}) {
         this.rawTemplates = Object.create(globalTemplates);
@@ -3206,6 +3214,7 @@ class TemplateSet {
                 }
             }
         }
+        this.getRawTemplate = config.getTemplate;
     }
     static registerTemplate(name, fn) {
         globalTemplates[name] = fn;
@@ -3235,15 +3244,16 @@ class TemplateSet {
             // empty string
             return;
         }
-        xml = xml instanceof Document ? xml : parseXML$1(xml);
+        xml = xml instanceof Document ? xml : parseXML(xml);
         for (const template of xml.querySelectorAll("[t-name]")) {
             const name = template.getAttribute("t-name");
             this.addTemplate(name, template);
         }
     }
     getTemplate(name) {
+        var _a;
         if (!(name in this.templates)) {
-            const rawTemplate = this.rawTemplates[name];
+            const rawTemplate = ((_a = this.getRawTemplate) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.call(this, name)) || this.rawTemplates[name];
             if (rawTemplate === undefined) {
                 let extraInfo = "";
                 try {
@@ -4953,9 +4963,9 @@ function parseDOMNode(node, ctx) {
             const isSelect = tagName === "select";
             const isCheckboxInput = isInput && typeAttr === "checkbox";
             const isRadioInput = isInput && typeAttr === "radio";
-            const hasLazyMod = attr.includes(".lazy");
-            const hasNumberMod = attr.includes(".number");
             const hasTrimMod = attr.includes(".trim");
+            const hasLazyMod = hasTrimMod || attr.includes(".lazy");
+            const hasNumberMod = attr.includes(".number");
             const eventType = isRadioInput ? "click" : isSelect || hasLazyMod ? "change" : "input";
             model = {
                 baseExpr,
@@ -5501,41 +5511,6 @@ function normalizeTEscTOut(el) {
 function normalizeXML(el) {
     normalizeTIf(el);
     normalizeTEscTOut(el);
-}
-/**
- * Parses an XML string into an XML document, throwing errors on parser errors
- * instead of returning an XML document containing the parseerror.
- *
- * @param xml the string to parse
- * @returns an XML document corresponding to the content of the string
- */
-function parseXML(xml) {
-    const parser = new DOMParser();
-    const doc = parser.parseFromString(xml, "text/xml");
-    if (doc.getElementsByTagName("parsererror").length) {
-        let msg = "Invalid XML in template.";
-        const parsererrorText = doc.getElementsByTagName("parsererror")[0].textContent;
-        if (parsererrorText) {
-            msg += "\nThe parser has produced the following error message:\n" + parsererrorText;
-            const re = /\d+/g;
-            const firstMatch = re.exec(parsererrorText);
-            if (firstMatch) {
-                const lineNumber = Number(firstMatch[0]);
-                const line = xml.split("\n")[lineNumber - 1];
-                const secondMatch = re.exec(parsererrorText);
-                if (line && secondMatch) {
-                    const columnIndex = Number(secondMatch[0]) - 1;
-                    if (line[columnIndex]) {
-                        msg +=
-                            `\nThe error might be located at xml line ${lineNumber} column ${columnIndex}\n` +
-                                `${line}\n${"-".repeat(columnIndex - 1)}^`;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        throw new OwlError(msg);
-    }
-    return doc;
 }
 
 function compile(template, options = {}) {
@@ -5562,7 +5537,7 @@ function compile(template, options = {}) {
 }
 
 // do not modify manually. This file is generated by the release script.
-const version = "2.2.7";
+const version = "2.2.8";
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Scheduler
@@ -5991,6 +5966,6 @@ TemplateSet.prototype._compileTemplate = function _compileTemplate(name, templat
 export { App, Component, EventBus, OwlError, __info__, blockDom, loadFile, markRaw, markup, mount, onError, onMounted, onPatched, onRendered, onWillDestroy, onWillPatch, onWillRender, onWillStart, onWillUnmount, onWillUpdateProps, reactive, status, toRaw, useChildSubEnv, useComponent, useEffect, useEnv, useExternalListener, useRef, useState, useSubEnv, validate, validateType, whenReady, xml };
 
 
-__info__.date = '2023-12-06T13:56:01.636Z';
-__info__.hash = 'e94428a';
+__info__.date = '2024-01-12T10:02:46.131Z';
+__info__.hash = '7b454da';
 __info__.url = 'https://github.com/odoo/owl';
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 90f112f89..67bcf450d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@odoo/owl",
-  "version": "2.2.7",
+  "version": "2.2.8",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 26508924e..b3966dc64 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@odoo/owl",
-  "version": "2.2.7",
+  "version": "2.2.8",
   "description": "Odoo Web Library (OWL)",
   "main": "dist/owl.cjs.js",
   "module": "dist/owl.es.js",
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index 6657bdbf7..7e2ca0093 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 // do not modify manually. This file is generated by the release script.
-export const version = "2.2.7";
+export const version = "2.2.8";