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Summary

equal? was registered on both BasicObject#== overloads, so for a Ruby object it went through IRubyObject.BaseEquals. That ends in either RubyObject.Equals (which calls the Ruby ==) or a CLR base class's Equals. In CRuby, BasicObject#== and #equal? are both rb_obj_equal, but they are separate methods: overriding == must not change equal?.

equal? is now its own method, BasicObjectOps.IsEqual:

• Boxed CLR value types (Integer, Float, true/false) compare by value, as before. These correspond to CRuby's immediates, so 1.equal?(1) and 1.5.equal?(1.5) stay true.
• Everything else compares with ReferenceEquals.

== is unchanged. Src/Libraries/Initializers.Generated.cs was regenerated with ./regen-initializers.sh; only the equal? entry changed.

Behaviour

• Set[1].equal?(Set[1]) → false, (s = Set[1]).equal?(s) → true. This matches CRuby 4.0.
• A String subclass used to report F.new.equal?(F.new) == true, because BaseEquals fell through to MutableString's content Equals. It now reports false.
• The reported stack overflow (s = Set[1]; s.equal?(s)) did not reproduce on current master: RubyObject.Equals returns early when both sides are the same object. This change still removes the path where equal? can call back into a Ruby ==.
• Differences from before:
  • BigInteger is a struct, so it still compares by value: (2**70).equal?(2**70) is true, while CRuby gives false.
  • CLR objects whose class overrides Equals (CLR strings, for example) now compare by reference instead of through that override.

Tests

• New BasicObject_EqualIdentity1 in Src/IronRuby.Tests/Runtime/MiscTests.cs, registered in RubyTests.cs. The test host doesn't load the prelude, so it can't load set.rb; the test uses a class whose == has the same shape as Set#==, plus a String subclass, immediates and BasicObject.
• Util/run-tests.sh: full IronRuby.Tests suite, 0 failures.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Corrected Ruby object comparison behavior: equal? now checks object identity for reference objects, while == continues to check equality. Comparisons involving immediate values retain value-based behavior.

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Walkthrough

BasicObjectOps now registers == and equal? separately. A new test checks their comparison behavior for custom objects and several built-in object types.

Changes: Ruby equality semantics

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Comparison operator behavior Src/Libraries/Builtins/BasicObjectOps.cs	The IRubyObject overload registers == and delegates to BaseEquals. A separate equal? overload compares boxed value types with Object.Equals and other values by reference identity. The other overload remains registered only as ==; its comparison implementation is unchanged.
Comparison behavior tests Src/IronRuby.Tests/Runtime/MiscTests.cs, Src/IronRuby.Tests/RubyTests.cs	BasicObject_EqualIdentity1 tests equality comparisons for custom objects and several object types. The test action list now includes this test.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Suggested reviewers: claude

Merge Risk: Low · up to 3e00a

The change appears mergeable, but a focused CLR reference identity test would better protect its intended behavior against regression.

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Nitpick comments: 1

Src/IronRuby.Tests/Runtime/MiscTests.cs: 1

4248-4286: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Test identity for CLR reference instances

Add a CLR reference fixture whose Equals returns true for distinct instances. Assert through Ruby equal? that two instances compare false and that an instance compares true with itself. The existing string assertion does not cover a regression that preserves the string special case but restores Object.Equals for other CLR references.

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Review comment at @Src/IronRuby.Tests/Runtime/MiscTests.cs around lines 4248 -
4286:
Extend BasicObject_EqualIdentity1 with a CLR reference fixture whose Equals
returns true for distinct instances, using the test suite’s established
CLR-fixture mechanism; assert through Ruby equal? that distinct instances are
false and the same instance is true, while preserving the existing string
identity assertions.

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Review comments at @Src/IronRuby.Tests/Runtime/MiscTests.cs:
- Around line 4248-4286: Extend BasicObject_EqualIdentity1 with a CLR reference
fixture whose Equals returns true for distinct instances, using the test suite’s
established CLR-fixture mechanism; assert through Ruby equal? that distinct
instances are false and the same instance is true, while preserving the existing
string identity assertions.

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