=> (.equals (AA. 1) {:a 1} )
true
=> (= (AA. 1) {:a 1} )
false
=> (.equals {:a 1} (AA. 1) )
true
=> (= {:a 1} (AA. 1) )
false

Looks like "=" is not ".equals", hmm... but this doc says different:
http://clojuredocs.org/clojure_core/clojure.core/=

> Equality. Returns true if x equals y, false if not. Same as
> Java x.equals(y) except it also works for nil, and compares
> numbers and collections in a type-independent manner. Clojure's immutable
> data
> structures define equals() (and thus =) as a value, not an identity,
> comparison.
>

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Warren Lynn <wrn.l...@gmail.com> wrote:

> With Clojure 1.4, I see this:
>
> (defrecord AA [a])
> (= (AA. 1) {:a 1})         => false
> (= [1 2] '(1 2))             => true
>
> Another thread mentioned the second case. So if the second case is true, I
> thought the first one should be true too (different concrete type, but same
> data).I am quite confused. Is there any design guideline that can help me
> understand the behavior above? Thanks.
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