I was reading the official documentation and found the following statement about objectid : If x === y then objectid(x) == objectid(y) , and usually when x !== y , objectid(x) != objectid(y) . It seems that there are edge cases where objectid(x) == objectid(y) does not imply x===y. Does anyone …

The objectid is a hash value, which has the same limitation as other hash values. That is, there are a potentially infinite number of values but only a finite number of UInt hashes. This edge case would then be a hash collision, where two unique values happen to have the same hash.

In what case `x===y` and `objectid(x) == objectid(y)` are not interchangable?

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jakobjpeters November 29, 2024, 11:42pm 4

You’re welcome! For some definition of “identity” (as defined by the === docstring), yes!

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In what case `x===y` and `objectid(x) == objectid(y)` are not interchangable?

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