Support for If statements with logic expressions in templates by default without helpers

[ghost]

It would be really neat if Handlebars.js would support If statements with logic expressions in templates by default, without helpers. Then I could do amazing things, like this:

{{#if unicorns == ponies }}
That's amazing, unicorns are actually undercover ponies
{{/if}}

Also see this blog post on the issue.

[kpdecker]

This greatly complicates that language and is something that we do not wish to implement as all functionality can be implemented via subexpressions and is far more extensible. #616 has some discussion on this. Helpers can be implemented to do things such as {{#if (equal a b)}}.

[ghost]

I, too, wish for basic comparisons in Handlebars. I understand the logicless philosophy. I also believe basic comparison support would be more intuitable and allow users to work more efficiently. If users in mass are moving basic comparison logic to a helper, this philosophy isn't doing them a favor or dissuading a perceived suboptimal behavior—it's just creating more work.