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		myrryr on June 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'Equals' has more than one meaning in math Things where equality is on more than one axis, _but there is a primary one where people use._ Think things like vectors or complex numbers, or people. The absolutely classic example however is types which have a signed zero...

auggierose on June 19, 2024 [–]

That is not a problem, just pick the same equality that your .compareTo method uses.

You could pick -0 < 0, and -0 ≠ 0, or -0 = 0. You should never pick -0 < 0 (via compareTo), but -0 = 0 (via equals).

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