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recursiveEquality $test $expected | Should -BeTrue

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# modified from https://github.com/chriskuech/functional
function recursiveEquality($a, $b) {
  # recursive step for arrays
  if ($a -is [array] -and $b -is [array]) {
    if ($a.Count -ne $b.Count) {
      return $false
    }
    $inequalIndexes = 0..($a.Count - 1) | ? { -not (recursiveEquality $a[$_] $b[$_]) }
    return $inequalIndexes.Count -eq 0
  }

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$myObj = @{}
$myObj["a"] = $myObj

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@{ # depth 1
  a = @( # depth 2
    1,
    @{ # depth 3
      b = 2
    }
  )
}

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function Assert-ArrayEquality($test, $expected) {
    $test | Should -HaveCount $expected.Count
    0..($test.Count - 1) | % {$test[$_] | Should -Be $expected[$_]}
}

function Assert-HashtableEquality($test, $expected) {
    $test.Keys | Should -HaveCount $expected.Keys.Count
    $test.Keys | % {$test[$_] | Should -Be $expected[$_]}
}

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$test | Should -HaveCount $expected.Count
$test[3] | Should -Be $expected[3]

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PS> $a, $b = @{}, @{}
PS> $a -eq $a
True
PS> $a -eq $b
False

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PS> @{} | Should -Be @{}
Expected System.Collections.Hashtable, but got System.Collections.Hashtable.

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PS> @{} -eq @{}
False
PS> [PSCustomObject]@{} -eq [PSCustomObject]@{}
False
PS> @() -eq @() # doesn't even output True or False
PS> @(1, 2, 3) -eq @(1, 2, 3) # doesn't even output True or False

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PS> 4 -eq 4
True
PS> "joe estevez" -eq "emilio estevez"
False
PS> "Joe Estevez" -eq "joe estevez"
True