Can't workout how to pass template to get/set

[o0ragman0o]

I'm trying to work inter-template get/set but can't seem to pass the template in this form:

TemplateVar.set(Template.someTemplate, "someKey", "someValue");

which traces to:

  _getTemplateInstance: function(givenTemplate, key, value){
        var template = null;

        // try if a template instance was given
        if(_.isObject(givenTemplate) && (givenTemplate.hasOwnProperty('_templateInstance') || givenTemplate.hasOwnProperty('view'))) {

The received givenTemplate (Template.someTemplate) fails the givenTemplate.hasOwnProperty('_templateInstance') test and the attempt falls through to treat it as the key.

How are templates supposed to be passed?