Difference between revisions of "Talk:Physical equality"

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Should the code not be
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<haskell>
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x === y = unsafePerformIO $ do
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px <- x `seq` newStablePtr x
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py <- y `seq` newStablePtr y
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let ret = px == py
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freeStablePtr px
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freeStablePtr py
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return ret
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</haskell>
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?
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--David M, 20 Dec 2010
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GHC already has physical equality testing via GHC.Exts.reallyUnsafePtrEquality#
 
GHC already has physical equality testing via GHC.Exts.reallyUnsafePtrEquality#
   

Revision as of 02:03, 20 December 2010

Should the code not be

x === y = unsafePerformIO $ do
    px <- x `seq` newStablePtr x
    py <- y `seq` newStablePtr y
    let ret = px == py
    freeStablePtr px
    freeStablePtr py
    return ret

?

--David M, 20 Dec 2010

GHC already has physical equality testing via GHC.Exts.reallyUnsafePtrEquality#

--Lemmih 15:00, 29 July 2006 (UTC)


No need to talk about OCaml's nan: Prelude> 0/0 NaN Prelude> 0/0 == 0/0 False