Automattic / Automattic/expect.js
Provide method for deep equivalence with type saftey.
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Description
Currently you can do `is` but that will ensure two objects are equal. It would be nice to have a way to ensure all values are equal and the correct type.
```
expect({a:5}).to.eql({a:"5"}); // Passes.
```
It would be nice to have this as I have objects with many properties and it is a pain to manually `.is()` check each property.
So it would be nice to have something that strictly compares types if "scalar" values (including strings). And recursively compares objects and Arrays.
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Research direction
Start by reading the existing `is` and `eql` assertion behavior, using the object example in the issue to reproduce the current result. The change is done when a deep comparison rejects scalar values with different types while recursively comparing nested objects and arrays.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100