Change = to include type of boxed numbers (and collections thereof). Use == for inter-type numeric equivalence.

Author: richhickey

src/clj/clojure/core.clj

@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@
   ([x y] (clojure.lang.Util/identical x y)))
 
 ;equiv-based
-(defn =
+#_(defn =
   "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
@@ -717,12 +717,11 @@
      false)))
 
 ;equals-based
-#_(defn =
-  "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."
+(defn =
+  "Equality. Returns true if x equals y, false if not. Same as Java
+  x.equals(y) except it also works for nil. Boxed numbers must have
+  same type. Clojure's immutable data structures define equals() (and
+  thus =) as a value, not an identity, comparison."
   {:inline (fn [x y] `(. clojure.lang.Util equals ~x ~y))
    :inline-arities #{2}
    :added "1.0"}
@@ -953,7 +952,8 @@
      false)))
 
 (defn ==
-  "Returns non-nil if nums all have the same value, otherwise false"
+  "Returns non-nil if nums all have the equivalent
+  value (type-independent), otherwise false"
   {:inline (fn [x y] `(. clojure.lang.Numbers (equiv ~x ~y)))
    :inline-arities #{2}
    :added "1.0"}

src/jvm/clojure/lang/Util.java

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static public boolean equals(Object k1, Object k2){
 	return k1 != null && k1.equals(k2);
 }
 
+//*
 static public boolean equals(long x, long y){
 	return x == y;
 }
@@ -44,20 +45,21 @@ static public boolean equals(double x, double y){
 }
 
 static public boolean equals(long x, Object y){
-	return equals((Object)x,y);
+	return equals(Numbers.num(x),y);
 }
 
 static public boolean equals(Object x, long y){
-	return equals(x,(Object)y);
+	return equals(x,Numbers.num(y));
 }
 
 static public boolean equals(double x, Object y){
-	return equals((Object)x,y);
+	return equals((Double)x,y);
 }
 
 static public boolean equals(Object x, double y){
-	return equals(x,(Object)y);
+	return equals(x,(Double)y);
 }
+//*/
 
 static public boolean identical(Object k1, Object k2){
 	return k1 == k2;