Can a simple a==b 'hang' in and endless loop?

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Fuzzyman wrote:
> Ok... so I'm now assuming that the information about '==' provided by
> the above gentleman *and* that I understand it correctly.
>
> The only confusion in C (which doesn't have classes) is that two list
> (like) objects can't be tested by value - only identity.
>
In C, they are compared(the '==' operator) byte by byte, I don't know
if you interpret that as by value or identity.