Re: Comparing hash table objects

[Stefan Monnier]

Sam Steingold [2022-06-12 19:55:08] wrote:
> The way Python does it could be a good starting point:
> unless a class defines __eq__ method, the comparison is Lisp eq.
> So, if a class has structure, it should define the comparison method.
> See https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#object.__eq__

Seems like the exact same way ELisp works.  The problem we have right
now (translated into Python) is that some people now want to add
a `__eq__` method to the class `hash-table` (they argue that the lack of
it was an oversight).  It's easy to do what they ask for, but it breaks
backward compatibility.


        Stefan