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.TH "Builtins.identical" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
Builtins::identical \- Return whether two values are identical.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B Bool identical(
\fIa x, a y\fP
.B ")"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.B "x"
First value
.PP
.B "y"
Second value
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Check if two values are identical. This is stronger than equality - this tests whether two values are stored at the
same memory location. In other words, it tests whether modifying the contents
of
\fIx\fP
would also modify the contents of
\fIy\fP

.IP "" -4
 a = (5,6);
 b = (3,a.snd);                        
 c = a;
 d = (5,6);
 test = identical(b,a); // false                       
 test2 = identical(b.snd,a.snd); //true
 test3 = identical(c,a); // true
 test4 = identical(d,a); // false
.PP
Of course,
\fBequal(a,d) \fP
would be
\fBtrue \fP

.SH "AUTHORS"
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
.SH LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.
.SH "RELATED"
.PD 0
.PP
.B "Builtins.equal"(3kaya)
.PD 0.4v