[Issue 1989] opEquals should return bool

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1989


smjg at iname.com changed:

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------- Comment #7 from smjg at iname.com  2008-09-03 09:02 -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> This was discussed in the main newsgroup at a later date, and it was shown
> there that the performance reasoning was outdated. Unfortunately I don't have
> the link handy.

Was there any "performance reasoning" for this particular case that was even
valid in the first place?

(In reply to comment #3)
> int areEqual(int op1, int op2)
> { return op1-op2; }

Uh, that doesn't even work.  Try it for yourself and see.

Yet more reasons that opEquals should return bool:
http://tinyurl.com/6p93a9


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