I’m tired of being told that I can’t compare `some...

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[Travis Griggs]

I’m tired of being told that I can’t compare someByte == 13u. Is it possible to implement an unbalanced equals override that will let me compare these without having to put toUByte() or toUInt() in everywhere. I tried something like:

fun UInt.equals(b:UByte) : Boolean {
return this == b.toUInt()
}

(and the reverse as well)

But == sites still complain

[devbridie]

infix fun UByte.eq(other: UInt) = toUInt() == other

[karelpeeters]

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-3936

[Travis Griggs]

Dereck, with your suggestion, I’d need to evaluate not someByte == 13u, but rather someByte eq 13u. Is that correct?