Document when arrays are compared by their contents vs. their object identity
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Hi, I got some strange results when comparing List of Arrays. It seems to work for Array of Arrays, List of Lists, and Array of Lists though:
```
assertThat(emptyList()).isEqualTo(emptyList()) // true
assertThat(emptyArray()).isEqualTo(emptyArray()) // true
assertThat(listOf(1, 2, 3)).isEqualTo(listOf(1, 2, 3)) // true
assertThat(arrayOf(1, 2, 3)).isEqualTo(arrayOf(1, 2, 3)) // true
assertThat(listOf(listOf(1, 2, 3))).isEqualTo(listOf(listOf(1, 2, 3))) // true
assertThat(listOf(listOf(1, 2, 3))).containsExactlyElementsIn(listOf(listOf(1, 2, 3))).inOrder() // true
assertThat(arrayOf(arrayOf(1, 2, 3))).isEqualTo(arrayOf(arrayOf(1, 2, 3))) // true
assertThat(arrayOf(listOf(1, 2, 3))).isEqualTo(arrayOf(listOf(1, 2, 3))) // true
assertThat(listOf(arrayOf(1, 2, 3))).isEqualTo(listOf(arrayOf(1, 2, 3))) // false
assertThat(listOf(arrayOf(1, 2, 3))).containsExactlyElementsIn(listOf(arrayOf(1, 2, 3))).inOrder() // false
```
This happens in version 1.1.3.
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