Ironruby core - May 2008 - MutableString == operator

I just noticed that MutableString does not implement the == operator (and of
course != operator).

 

This could be confusing because CLR string does implement this operator to
be a value comparison, rather than the default reference comparison of
System.Object.

 

I imagine most people would expect MutableString to do the same.  What is
the consensus view on this?  Is there some reason I am not getting for not
introducing this operator?

 

I am now going to go through all the code I have written that uses
MutableStrings to make sure I am using Equals rather than ==.

 

Pete

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Peter Bacon Darwin:
> I just noticed that MutableString does not implement the == operator
> (and of course != operator).
This was an oversight ... but since Tomas is rewriting MutableString this week
to support byte arrays and char arrays, let''s hold off on these changes
until later this week.

Thanks,
-John