rokucommunity / rokucommunity/brighterscript

double equals for equality

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enhancement New Language Feature
Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

We should add the == symbol to mean equality. It would be transpiled to single equal. This would be totally optional, however a compiler flag would make all equalities required to use double equals.

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating equality parsing and transpilation, then determine where compiler flags are defined; done means optional == support transpiles to =, with a flag that requires double equals for all equalities.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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