Clarification on default filter syntax for Object/Hash creation #1982
Description
Couldn't simply find something in the dev docs. Is this an intentional and supported feature?
It is currently possible to use the assign tag with a default filter to define key-value pairs for an object, as shown below:
{% comment %} Example from the documentation {% endcomment %}
{% assign client_address = client_address | default: street: "Innovation Drive 22", city: "Capital City" %}
{% assign client = client | default: name: "Future Solutions Ltd.", address: client_address %}This effectively creates a nested hash, which can then be accessed using standard dot notation:
{{ client.name }} // Outputs: Future Solutions Ltd.
{{ client.address.street }} // Outputs: Innovation Drive 22This appears to be a very powerful and clean way to create hashes or objects directly within a Liquid template, which is a significant improvement over more complex workarounds like using capture with dynamic variable names or delimited strings, that we currently use a lot in Silverfin templates.
My Questions
- Is this
defaultfilter syntax for creating hashes an intentional and officially supported feature of Shopify's core Liquid library? - If this is a standard feature, could you please point me to the official documentation for it? I was unable to find any mention of this specific usage in the Shopify Liquid documentation.
- Is this behavior dependent on a specific version of Liquid?
- If this is not a core feature, is it possible that this is a custom filter or extension implemented by the Silverfin platform?
Thank you for your time and for providing clarity on this matter.