Learn Kotlin for Android Development: The Next Generation Language for Modern Android Apps Programming

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11. Handling Equality

Peter Späth¹ 

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Leipzig, Germany

 

There is a strong distinction between identity and equality. Two things are identical if they actually are the same. If you bought a white candle this morning, let’s call it A, the white candle in your shopping bag and the white candle that this afternoon is placed in your candleholder are the same and thus identical (presume this is the only candle you own). Now assume you bought a second candle, B, of the same type from the same manufacturer. Apart from some linguistic mistakes you sometimes hear, those two candles are not the same. Candles A and B are not the same, but they are ...