introduce to_liquid_value on variable look and conditional statements

lib/liquid/tags/case.rb

@@ -52,7 +52,14 @@ module Liquid
       @blocks.each do |block|
         if block.else?
           block.attachment.render_to_output_buffer(context, output) if execute_else_block
-        elsif block.evaluate(context)
+          next
+        end
+
+        result = Liquid::Utils.to_liquid_value(
+          block.evaluate(context)
+        )
+
+        if result
           execute_else_block = false
           block.attachment.render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
         end

lib/liquid/tags/if.rb

@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ module Liquid
 
     def render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
       @blocks.each do |block|
-        if block.evaluate(context)
+        result = Liquid::Utils.to_liquid_value(
+          block.evaluate(context)
+        )
+
+        if result
           return block.attachment.render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
         end
       end

lib/liquid/tags/unless.rb

@@ -11,13 +11,20 @@ module Liquid
     def render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
       # First condition is interpreted backwards ( if not )
       first_block = @blocks.first
-      unless first_block.evaluate(context)
+      result = Liquid::Utils.to_liquid_value(
+        first_block.evaluate(context)
+      )
+
+      unless result
         return first_block.attachment.render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
       end
 
       # After the first condition unless works just like if
       @blocks[1..-1].each do |block|
-        if block.evaluate(context)
+        result = block.evaluate(context)
+        result = result.to_liquid_value if result.is_a?(Liquid::Drop)
+
+        if result
           return block.attachment.render_to_output_buffer(context, output)
         end
       end

lib/liquid/utils.rb

@@ -81,5 +81,13 @@ module Liquid
     rescue ::ArgumentError
       nil
     end
+
+    def self.to_liquid_value(obj)
+      # Enable "obj" to represent itself as a primitive value like integer, string, or boolean
+      return obj.to_liquid_value if obj.respond_to?(:to_liquid_value)
+
+      # Otherwise return the object itself
+      obj
+    end
   end
 end

lib/liquid/variable_lookup.rb

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ module Liquid
       @lookups.each_index do |i|
         key = context.evaluate(@lookups[i])
 
+        # Cast "key" to its liquid value to enable it to act as a primitive value
+        key = Liquid::Utils.to_liquid_value(key)
+
         # If object is a hash- or array-like object we look for the
         # presence of the key and if its available we return it
         if object.respond_to?(:[]) &&