Purpose of the change

Implement not equals filter (!= or <>).

Unsupported value data types for filtering:

• list[bool] (not supported by: Pinecone, Qdrant)
• list[float] (not supported by (despite supporting float): Qdrant)
• list[datetime] (not supported by (despite supporting datetime): Qdrant)
• list[Union] (not supported by: Chroma, Milvus, Pinecone, S3 Vector(?))

Description

Written by Gemini 3 Pro. Unreviewed.

Type of change

[Please delete options that are not relevant.]

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Refactor (does not change functionality, e.g., code style improvements, linting)
• Documentation update
• Project Maintenance (updates to build scripts, CI, etc., that do not affect the main project)
• Security (improves security without changing functionality)

How Has This Been Tested?

Not tested yet.

• Unit Test
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• End-to-end Test
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• Manual verification (list step-by-step instructions)

Checklist

• I have signed the commit(s) within this pull request
• My code follows the style guidelines of this project (See STYLE_GUIDE.md)
• I have performed a self-review of my own code
• I have commented my code
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• My changes generate no new warnings
• I have added unit tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules
• I have checked my code and corrected any misspellings

Maintainer Checklist

• Confirmed all checks passed
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• Reviewed the code
• Run, Tested, and Verified the change(s) work as expected