Re: copy & isEqual nightmares
Re: copy & isEqual nightmares
- Subject: Re: copy & isEqual nightmares
- From: Quincey Morris <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:47:21 -0800
On Feb 16, 2012, at 08:30 , Ken Thomases wrote:
> A dictionary is equal to any other dictionary with equal keys and values. That's true for a mutable dictionary, too. Mutating a mutable dictionary will changes which other objects it's equal to.
Really? Well, OK.
I can't find any documentation that says so, just a couple of inconclusive hints. I think the question of what's documented as the API contract is important, because one of the issues in this thread is the [possible] difference between what's reasonable/conventional/expected equality behavior, and what's actually required by the API contract.
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