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"sameness" in the context of mutability
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rationalNumbers.mutable.ts
type RationalNumber = [number /* numerator */, number /* denominator */];
// turn into decimal form before comparing in order to reduce fraction
const isEqual = (a: RationalNumber, b: RationalNumber) => (a[0] / a[1]) === (b[0] / b[1]);
const r1: RationalNumber = [2, 3];
const r2: RationalNumber = [2, 3];
const r3: RationalNumber = [2, 5];
r2[1] = 5;
isEqual(r1, r2); // => false
isEqual(r2, r3); // => true
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