fix: std.primitiveEquals(-0.0, 0.0) should return true#913
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Motivation: std.primitiveEquals(-0.0, 0.0) was returning false instead of true. This is incorrect because IEEE 754 defines -0.0 == 0.0 as true. Modification: Changed TypeModule.scala to use rawDouble == rawDouble for number comparison instead of ev.compare(x, y) == 0 which uses java.lang.Double.compare that treats -0.0 and 0.0 as different. Result: std.primitiveEquals(-0.0, 0.0) now returns true, matching go-jsonnet and C++ jsonnet behavior. References: - go-jsonnet builtins.go:264 uses left.value == right.value - C++ Jsonnet vm.cpp:1436 uses args[0].v.d == args[1].v.d
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Summary
Fix
std.primitiveEquals(-0.0, 0.0)to returntrue(IEEE 754 semantics), matching go-jsonnet and C++ jsonnet behavior.Changes
sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/stdlib/TypeModule.scala: ChangeprimitiveEqualsfor numbers fromev.compare(x, y) == 0tox.rawDouble == y.rawDoubletest/resources/new_test_suite/primitive_equals_negative_zero.jsonnetImplementation Comparison
left.value == right.valuetrue(a.get() - b.get()).abs() <= f64::EPSILONtrueev.compare(x, y) == 0false❌x.rawDouble == y.rawDoubletrue✅Performance Analysis
Current implementation (
ev.compare(x, y) == 0)java.lang.Double.comparedistinguishes -0.0 and 0.0 (returns -1)asDoublehas NaN check overheadNew implementation (
x.rawDouble == y.rawDouble)jrsonnet implementation
Why this change is correct
-0.0 == 0.0istrueper IEEE 754Test