HaxeFoundation / HaxeFoundation/haxe

Inconsistency in comparing nullable strings in Javascript

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Description

Haxe generally knows how to compare strings constructed with `var myStringA = new String("blah")` and strings constructed with `var myStringB = "blah", and will treat them equally.

However in a switch statement (at least in Javascript), these will not be equal:
```haxe
var dynamicString = new String("abc");
trace(dynamicString == "abc"); // prints 'true'

// this switch statement doesn't work as expected
switch (dynamicString) {
case "abc":
trace("doesn't print");
case "force js switch code":
trace("---");
}

// these workarounds do work
var abc = Std.string(dynamicString);
switch (abc) {
case "abc":
trace("Does print");
case "force js switch code":
trace("---");
}

var abc2 = "abc";
switch (dynamicString) {
case abc2:
trace("Does print");
case "force js switch code":
trace("---");
}
```

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