Observation

[Dave Cramer <Da...@micro-automation.net>]

I had a quick look at the code, and it looks like 

#if ($Object.Long == $Object.Integer) would return false even if they
were equal in value

Most compilers deal with this by promoting the smaller object to the
larger, but this adds a lot of overhead.

A really easy way to deal with this is see if both sides are instances
of Number and then compare their toString values. 

I haven't tried the above so if I'm totally out of it, please ignore

Dave

Re: Observation

["Geir Magnusson Jr." <ge...@optonline.net>]

Dave Cramer wrote:
> 
> I had a quick look at the code, and it looks like
> 
> #if ($Object.Long == $Object.Integer) would return false even if they
> were equal in value

Yes - we don't do comparisons of anything but Integer and String.  It's
something we are working on, carefully.

> 
> Most compilers deal with this by promoting the smaller object to the
> larger, but this adds a lot of overhead.

Yes, and this isn't a programming language. :)
 
> A really easy way to deal with this is see if both sides are instances
> of Number and then compare their toString values.
> 
> I haven't tried the above so if I'm totally out of it, please ignore

No, this is valid.

geir

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