const STRICT_EQUALITY_BROKEN = (a,b)=> a===b;
const STRICT_EQUALITY_NO_NAN = (a,b)=> {
if (typeof a=='number' && typeof b=='number' && ''+a=='NaN' && ''+b=='NaN')
// isNaN does not do what you think; see +/-Infinity
return true;
else
return a===b;
};
function deepEquals(a,b, areEqual=STRICT_EQUALITY_NO_NAN, setElementsAreEqual=STRICT_EQUALITY_NO_NAN) {
/* compares objects hierarchically using the provided
notion of equality (defaulting to ===);
supports Arrays, Objects, Maps, ArrayBuffers */
if (a instanceof Array && b instanceof Array)
return arraysEqual(a,b, areEqual);
if (Object.getPrototypeOf(a)===Object.prototype && Object.getPrototypeOf(b)===Object.prototype)
return objectsEqual(a,b, areEqual);
if (a instanceof Map && b instanceof Map)
return mapsEqual(a,b, areEqual);
if (a instanceof Set && b instanceof Set) {
if (setElementsAreEqual===STRICT_EQUALITY_NO_NAN)
return setsEqual(a,b);
else
throw "Error: set equality by hashing not implemented because cannot guarantee custom notion of equality is transitive without programmer intervention."
}
if ((a instanceof ArrayBuffer || ArrayBuffer.isView(a)) && (b instanceof ArrayBuffer || ArrayBuffer.isView(b)))
return typedArraysEqual(a,b);
return areEqual(a,b); // see note[1] -- IMPORTANT
}
function arraysEqual(a,b, areEqual) {
if (a.length!=b.length)
return false;
for(var i=0; i<a.length; i++)
if (!deepEquals(a[i],b[i], areEqual))
return false;
return true;
}
function objectsEqual(a,b, areEqual) {
var aKeys = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(a);
var bKeys = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(b);
if (aKeys.length!=bKeys.length)
return false;
aKeys.sort();
bKeys.sort();
for(var i=0; i<aKeys.length; i++)
if (!areEqual(aKeys[i],bKeys[i])) // keys must be strings
return false;
return deepEquals(aKeys.map(k=>a[k]), aKeys.map(k=>b[k]), areEqual);
}
function mapsEqual(a,b, areEqual) { // assumes Map's keys use the '===' notion of equality, which is also the assumption of .has and .get methods in the spec; however, Map's values use our notion of the areEqual parameter
if (a.size!=b.size)
return false;
return [...a.keys()].every(k=>
b.has(k) && deepEquals(a.get(k), b.get(k), areEqual)
);
}
function setsEqual(a,b) {
// see discussion in below rest of StackOverflow answer
return a.size==b.size && [...a.keys()].every(k=>
b.has(k)
);
}
function typedArraysEqual(a,b) {
// we use the obvious notion of equality for binary data
a = new Uint8Array(a);
b = new Uint8Array(b);
if (a.length != b.length)
return false;
for(var i=0; i<a.length; i++)
if (a[i]!=b[i])
return false;
return true;
}
Demo (not extensively tested):
var nineTen = new Float32Array(2);
nineTen[0]=9; nineTen[1]=10;
> deepEquals(
[[1,[2,3]], 4, {a:5,'111':6}, new Map([['c',7],['d',8]]), nineTen],
[[1,[2,3]], 4, {111:6,a:5}, new Map([['d',8],['c',7]]), nineTen]
)
true
> deepEquals(
[[1,[2,3]], 4, {a:'5','111':6}, new Map([['c',7],['d',8]]), nineTen],
[[1,[2,3]], 4, {111:6,a:5}, new Map([['d',8],['c',7]]), nineTen],
(a,b)=>a==b
)
true