Python (like Java, C, C++, .NET) uses string pooling / interning. The interpreter realises that “hello” is the same as “hello”, so it optimizes and uses the same location in memory. Another goodie: “hell” + “o” is “hello” ==> True
In Expression Language you can just use the == or eq operator to compare object values. Behind the scenes they will actually use the Object#equals(). This way is done so, because until with the current EL 2.1 version you cannot invoke methods with other signatures than standard getter (and setter) methods (in the upcoming EL … Read more
In general, the answer to your question is “yes”, but… .equals(…) will only compare what it is written to compare, no more, no less. If a class does not override the equals method, then it defaults to the equals(Object o) method of the closest parent class that has overridden this method. If no parent classes … Read more
Unfortunately there is no perfect way, unless you use _proto_ recursively and access all non-enumerable properties, but this works in Firefox only. So the best I can do is to guess usage scenarios. 1) Fast and limited. Works when you have simple JSON-style objects without methods and DOM nodes inside: JSON.stringify(obj1) === JSON.stringify(obj2) The ORDER … Read more