Water 5-Flow Control and Boolean-Boolean Logic
method equal
Contract
Return typewob
Parameter keyDefault valueType
objreq
same_casefalseboolean
same_whitespacefalseboolean
Water Contract
<method equal
  obj           =req
  same_case     =false=boolean
  same_whitespace=false=boolean/>

See also: is

This is a "deep" comparison of _subject and the first argument. Two objects that are the same or whose field values are equal are equal. Pass in same_case and/or same_whitespace of true to have especially liberal comparison of strings. same_whitespace=false (the default) means that all white space in the strings are ignored for the purposes of the comparison. Returns true if _subject and an_object are equal, false otherwise. Since this method can walk large object trees, it may be expensive. equal is careful to handle circular data structures without infinite recursion. Two objects which are the same in all ways except that they each point to themselves from the same field are "equal" but they are not the identical object.
4.<equal 4.0/>true
"abc".<equal "ABC"/>true
"heythere".<equal "Hey there"/>
true
"heythere".<equal "Hey there" same_whitespace=true/>
false

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