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non-sensible equality method doesn't account for overloading #6091

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scabug opened this issue Jul 16, 2012 · 6 comments
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non-sensible equality method doesn't account for overloading #6091

scabug opened this issue Jul 16, 2012 · 6 comments
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scabug commented Jul 16, 2012

scala> class X { def ==(other: String) = true }
defined class X

scala> new X == null
<console>:9: warning: comparing a fresh object using `==' will always yield false
              new X == null
                    ^
res14: Boolean = true

The culprit:

case Select(qual, name @ (nme.EQ | nme.NE | nme.eq | nme.ne)) if args.length == 1 =>
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scabug commented Jul 16, 2012

Imported From: https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-6091?orig=1
Reporter: @retronym
Affected Versions: 2.10.0
See #6090

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scabug commented Sep 7, 2012

@retronym said:
A similar example reported in #6328:

scala> object Foo { def eq(x:Int) = x }
defined module Foo

scala> Foo.eq(1)
<console>:9: warning: comparing values of types object Foo and Int using `eq' will always yield false
              Foo.eq(1)
                    ^
res0: Int = 1

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scabug commented Mar 4, 2013

@Ichoran said:
I am not entirely sure this is a bug. Such an override guarantees that equality is asymmetric as null==(new X) cannot possibly be anything but false.

If you want weird non-equality-like behavior in your relation, I do not think it is too much to ask to not call it == and therefore retain this warning.

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scabug commented Mar 5, 2013

Todd O'Bryan (toddobryan) said:
This also occurs when you use a Java library that defines an eq method. Since you have no control over whether the library decided to use that name, and there was no reason in Java for the developers not to have used that name, it seems like it should be possible to suppress the warning.

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scabug commented May 1, 2013

Jed Wesley-Smith (jedws) said:
We see the problem as outlined by Todd. It is library that we do not control and therefore Rex's suggestion doesn't apply. The warning is particularly misleading as the return type of the eq method in question is not Boolean.

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scabug commented May 17, 2013

@paulp said:
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