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+module Spec
+ module Matchers
+
+ class Equal #:nodoc:
+ def initialize(expected)
+ @expected = expected
+ end
+
+ def matches?(actual)
+ @actual = actual
+ @actual.equal?(@expected)
+ end
+
+ def failure_message
+ return "expected #{@expected.inspect}, got #{@actual.inspect} (using .equal?)", @expected, @actual
+ end
+
+ def negative_failure_message
+ return "expected #{@actual.inspect} not to equal #{@expected.inspect} (using .equal?)", @expected, @actual
+ end
+
+ def description
+ "equal #{@expected.inspect}"
+ end
+ end
+
+ # :call-seq:
+ # should equal(expected)
+ # should_not equal(expected)
+ #
+ # Passes if actual and expected are the same object (object identity).
+ #
+ # See http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Object.html#M001057 for more information about equality in Ruby.
+ #
+ # == Examples
+ #
+ # 5.should equal(5) #Fixnums are equal
+ # "5".should_not equal("5") #Strings that look the same are not the same object
+ def equal(expected)
+ Matchers::Equal.new(expected)
+ end
+ end
+end