[issue21130] equivalent functools.partial instances should compare equal

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger added the comment:

What is the use case?

What would be the criteria for comparing functions?  Would the func_name have to match?  Would the func_defaults have to match?  Would the f.__code__.co_names have to match (the internal variable names?  Do the function attributes in f.__dict__ have to match?  Does the func.__doc__ have to match?

The problem is that functions are complex objects and the equivalence criteria means different things to different people.  In the absence of a clear spec that makes sense to most people, object identity is the only sure definition of equivalence.

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