The Utter Bullshit of Shopify Liquid Syntax April 16, 2022

We could write a library of books detailing Shopify's bad designs, incomplete product and broken practices. But this simple issue probably deserves some kind of award.

In the liquid template, the following code works:

However, when the spaces around the == operator are removed, which is acceptable in ANY sane language, the condition is no longer triggered.

There is also no syntax error or warning of any kind.

Shopify is aware of this issue and is unlikely to address this bug that was reported in 2015.