PROPOSAL: Equivalence operators (formerly titled "Sameness operators") (Version 3)

[Mark Thornton]

Derek Foster wrote:
> and adds additional overloadings to existing operators:
> a < b     a.compareTo(b) < 0, or a < b for primitive types.
>
>   
If 'a' is Float (or Double) and 'b' is float (double), then you have to 
unbox 'a' to apply the primitive comparison and not box 'b' and apply 
.compareTo. Boxing 'b' to apply compareTo would be a breaking change.

Mark Thornton