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+
+// Taken from node's assert module, because it sucks
+// and exposes next to nothing useful.
+
+module.exports = _deepEqual;
+
+function _deepEqual(actual, expected) {
+ // 7.1. All identical values are equivalent, as determined by ===.
+ if (actual === expected) {
+ return true;
+
+ } else if (Buffer.isBuffer(actual) && Buffer.isBuffer(expected)) {
+ if (actual.length != expected.length) return false;
+
+ for (var i = 0; i < actual.length; i++) {
+ if (actual[i] !== expected[i]) return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+
+ // 7.2. If the expected value is a Date object, the actual value is
+ // equivalent if it is also a Date object that refers to the same time.
+ } else if (actual instanceof Date && expected instanceof Date) {
+ return actual.getTime() === expected.getTime();
+
+ // 7.3. Other pairs that do not both pass typeof value == "object",
+ // equivalence is determined by ==.
+ } else if (typeof actual != 'object' && typeof expected != 'object') {
+ return actual == expected;
+
+ // 7.4. For all other Object pairs, including Array objects, equivalence is
+ // determined by having the same number of owned properties (as verified
+ // with Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call), the same set of keys
+ // (although not necessarily the same order), equivalent values for every
+ // corresponding key, and an identical "prototype" property. Note: this
+ // accounts for both named and indexed properties on Arrays.
+ } else {
+ return objEquiv(actual, expected);
+ }
+}
+
+function isUndefinedOrNull (value) {
+ return value === null || value === undefined;
+}
+
+function isArguments (object) {
+ return Object.prototype.toString.call(object) == '[object Arguments]';
+}
+
+function objEquiv (a, b) {
+ if (isUndefinedOrNull(a) || isUndefinedOrNull(b))
+ return false;
+ // an identical "prototype" property.
+ if (a.prototype !== b.prototype) return false;
+ //~~~I've managed to break Object.keys through screwy arguments passing.
+ // Converting to array solves the problem.
+ if (isArguments(a)) {
+ if (!isArguments(b)) {
+ return false;
+ }
+ a = pSlice.call(a);
+ b = pSlice.call(b);
+ return _deepEqual(a, b);
+ }
+ try{
+ var ka = Object.keys(a),
+ kb = Object.keys(b),
+ key, i;
+ } catch (e) {//happens when one is a string literal and the other isn't
+ return false;
+ }
+ // having the same number of owned properties (keys incorporates hasOwnProperty)
+ if (ka.length != kb.length)
+ return false;
+ //the same set of keys (although not necessarily the same order),
+ ka.sort();
+ kb.sort();
+ //~~~cheap key test
+ for (i = ka.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+ if (ka[i] != kb[i])
+ return false;
+ }
+ //equivalent values for every corresponding key, and
+ //~~~possibly expensive deep test
+ for (i = ka.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+ key = ka[i];
+ if (!_deepEqual(a[key], b[key] ))
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}