templater: factor out function that evaluates argument as integer
We have more bare int()s that may raise ValueError or TypeError. This function
will be used to fix them.
http://example.com/no/anchor, branches: (None, [])
http://example.com/an/anchor, branches: ('foo', [])
http://example.com/no/anchor/branches, branches: (None, ['foo'])
http://example.com/an/anchor/branches, branches: ('bar', ['foo'])
http://example.com/an/anchor/branches-None, branches: ('foo', [])
http://example.com/, branches: (None, [])
http://example.com/, branches: (None, [])
http://example.com/, branches: ('foo', [])