Two .NET objects that are equal don't say they are

Question

I have the following code:

object val1 = 1;
object val2 = 1;

bool result1 = (val1 == val2);//Equals false
bool result2 = val1.Equals(val2); //Equals true
         


        

Answer 1

If you aren't using object but a custom class, you can override the == and != operators, and should probably implement the IEqualityComparer interface

public static bool operator ==(MyType left, MyType right)
{
    //code here, don't forget about NULLS when writing comparison code!!!
}

public static bool operator !=(MyType left, MyType right)
{
    return !(left == right);
}

public bool Equals(MyType x, MyType y)
{
    return (x == y);
}

public int GetHashCode(MyType obj)
{
    return base.GetHashCode();
}