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; [ I"BUnlike #==, the #equal? method should never be overridden by ;TI"Esubclasses as it is used to determine object identity (that is, ;TI"Ha.equal?(b) if and only if a is the same ;TI" object as b):;T@o:RDoc::Markup::Verbatim; [ I"obj = "a"
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I"EThe #eql? method returns true if +obj+ and +other+ ;TI"Grefer to the same hash key. This is used by Hash to test members ;TI"Hfor equality. For any pair of objects where #eql? returns +true+, ;TI"Dthe #hash value of both objects must be equal. So any subclass ;TI"Cthat overrides #eql? should also override #hash appropriately.;T@o;
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I"7For objects of class Object, #eql? is synonymous ;TI"Hwith #==. Subclasses normally continue this tradition by aliasing ;TI"E#eql? to their overridden #== method, but there are exceptions. ;TI"ENumeric types, for example, perform type conversion across #==, ;TI" but not across #eql?, so:;T@o; ; [I"1 == 1.0 #=> true
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