Add that check to the not-equals helper and update the json value implementation to mark all non-scalars as not-equals.

src/renderer/renderer.rs

@@ -285,6 +285,20 @@ impl<'a> DustRenderer<'a> {
                     .iter()
                     .map(|pair: &KVPair<'a>| (pair.key, &pair.value))
                     .collect();
+                // Special case: when comparing two RVPaths, if the
+                // path is equal then dust assumes the values are
+                // equal (otherwise, non-scalar values are
+                // automatically not equal)
+                if Self::are_paths_identical(&param_map) {
+                    return match &parameterized_block.else_contents {
+                        None => Ok("".to_owned()),
+                        Some(body) => {
+                            let rendered_content = self.render_body(body, breadcrumbs, blocks)?;
+                            Ok(rendered_content)
+                        }
+                    };
+                }
+
                 let left_side: Result<&dyn ContextElement, WalkError> = match param_map.get("key") {
                     None => return Ok("".to_owned()),
                     Some(rval) => match rval {