"where" filter doesn't appear to accept integer values in 4.0

[whicks1]

• I updated to the latest Jekyll
• I ran jekyll doctor to check my configuration
• I read the contributing document at https://jekyllrb.com/docs/contributing/

My Environment

Software	Version(s)
Operating System	MacOS 10.14.5
jekyll	Latest (4.0)
github-pages	No

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Expected Behaviour

• when making a template assignment
• and using a where filter,
• and value is an integer,

we should return the corresponding assigned object

Current Behavior

Since upgrade from 3.x to 4.0, I no longer return an object if the value is a number. ("where_exp" does work, so does a "where" filter with a string value).

Code Sample

Assume an "orgs" collection, containing hr.md with deptid: 2765 and in some site template I only want to pull data about the HR department:
{%- assign dept = site.orgs | where: "deptid", 2765 | first -%}

{{ dept.other_metadata }} returns relevant data in 3.x, nothing in 4.0.

these would work however:

{%- assign dept = site.orgs | where: "deptid", "hr" | first -%}
if hr.md's id == "hr" instead; success.

{%- assign dept = site.orgs | where_exp: "dept", "dept.deptid == 2765" | first -%}
where_exp with INT; also success.

Maybe this is just a change in the latest liquid, either way might be worth documentation for migrations.

[jaredcwhite]

@whicks1 Thanks for reporting this! I ran into the same issue but hadn't gotten a chance to write up what was going on. (And I ended up switching to using where_exp as a workaround…)

[ashmaroli]

Sorry for the inconvenience, guys. In case you want to continue using the where filter, you may point your Gemfile to the PR linked above:

gem "jekyll". github: "jekyll/jekyll", ref: "refs/pull/7821/head"

[ashmaroli]

Hello everyone!
Can someone report back if the current master resolves this issue..?
You can edit your Gemfile to following to test:

gem "jekyll", github: "jekyll/jekyll"

Thanks.

[whicks1]

gem "jekyll", github: "jekyll/jekyll"

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