Trait Eq

pub trait Eq: PartialEq<Self> { }

Trait for comparisons corresponding to equivalence relations.

The primary difference to PartialEq is the additional requirement for reflexivity. A type that implements PartialEq guarantees that for all a, b and c:

• symmetric: a == b implies b == a and a != b implies !(a == b)
• transitive: a == b and b == c implies a == c

Eq, which builds on top of PartialEq also implies:

• reflexive: a == a

This property cannot be checked by the compiler, and therefore Eq is a trait without methods.

Violating this property is a logic error. The behavior resulting from a logic error is not specified, but users of the trait must ensure that such logic errors do not result in undefined behavior. This means that unsafe code must not rely on the correctness of these methods.

Floating point types such as f32 and f64 implement only PartialEq but not Eq because NaN != NaN.

Derivable

This trait can be used with #[derive]. When derived, because Eq has no extra methods, it is only informing the compiler that this is an equivalence relation rather than a partial equivalence relation. Note that the derive strategy requires all fields are Eq, which isn’t always desired.

How can I implement Eq?

If you cannot use the derive strategy, specify that your type implements Eq, which has no extra methods:

enum BookFormat {
    Paperback,
    Hardback,
    Ebook,
}

struct Book {
    isbn: i32,
    format: BookFormat,
}

impl PartialEq for Book {
    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
        self.isbn == other.isbn
    }
}

impl Eq for Book {}

Object Safety

This trait is not object safe.

Implementors

impl Eq for AsciiChar

impl Eq for Infallible

impl Eq for core::fmt::Alignment

impl Eq for IpAddr

impl Eq for Ipv6MulticastScope

impl Eq for SocketAddr

impl Eq for FpCategory

impl Eq for IntErrorKind

impl Eq for SearchStep

impl Eq for core::sync::atomic::Ordering

impl Eq for core::cmp::Ordering

impl Eq for bool

impl Eq for char

impl Eq for i8

impl Eq for i16

impl Eq for i32

impl Eq for i64

impl Eq for i128

impl Eq for isize

impl Eq for !

impl Eq for str

impl Eq for u8

impl Eq for u16

impl Eq for u32

impl Eq for u64

impl Eq for u128

impl Eq for ()

impl Eq for usize

impl Eq for AllocError

impl Eq for Layout

impl Eq for LayoutError

impl Eq for TypeId

impl Eq for CpuidResult

Available on x86 or x86-64 only.

impl Eq for CharTryFromError

impl Eq for DecodeUtf16Error

impl Eq for ParseCharError

impl Eq for TryFromCharError

impl Eq for FromBytesUntilNulError

impl Eq for FromBytesWithNulError

impl Eq for CStr

impl Eq for Error

impl Eq for PhantomPinned

impl Eq for Assume

impl Eq for AddrParseError

impl Eq for Ipv4Addr

impl Eq for Ipv6Addr

impl Eq for SocketAddrV4

impl Eq for SocketAddrV6

impl Eq for ParseFloatError

impl Eq for ParseIntError

impl Eq for TryFromIntError

impl Eq for RangeFull

impl Eq for core::ptr::Alignment

impl Eq for ParseBoolError

impl Eq for Utf8Error

impl Eq for Duration

impl Eq for TryFromFloatSecsError

impl<'a> Eq for Location<'a>

impl<'a> Eq for Utf8Chunk<'a>

impl<A> Eq for &A

where A: Eq + ?Sized,

impl<A> Eq for &mut A

where A: Eq + ?Sized,

impl<B: Eq, C: Eq> Eq for ControlFlow<B, C>

impl<Dyn: ?Sized> Eq for DynMetadata<Dyn>

impl<F: FnPtr> Eq for F

impl<H> Eq for BuildHasherDefault<H>

impl<Idx: Eq> Eq for core::ops::Range<Idx>

impl<Idx: Eq> Eq for core::ops::RangeFrom<Idx>

impl<Idx: Eq> Eq for core::ops::RangeInclusive<Idx>

impl<Idx: Eq> Eq for RangeTo<Idx>

impl<Idx: Eq> Eq for RangeToInclusive<Idx>

impl<Idx: Eq> Eq for core::range::Range<Idx>

impl<Idx: Eq> Eq for core::range::RangeFrom<Idx>

impl<Idx: Eq> Eq for core::range::RangeInclusive<Idx>

impl<Ptr: Deref<Target: Eq>> Eq for Pin<Ptr>

impl<T> Eq for (T₁, T₂, …, Tₙ)

where T: ?Sized + Eq,

This trait is implemented for tuples up to twelve items long.

impl<T> Eq for Discriminant<T>

impl<T> Eq for NonZero<T>

where T: ZeroablePrimitive + Eq,

impl<T, const N: usize> Eq for Simd<T, N>

where LaneCount<N>: SupportedLaneCount, T: SimdElement + Eq,

impl<T: Eq + Copy> Eq for Cell<T>

impl<T: Eq + ?Sized> Eq for ManuallyDrop<T>

impl<T: Eq> Eq for Bound<T>

impl<T: Eq> Eq for Option<T>

impl<T: Eq> Eq for Poll<T>

impl<T: Eq> Eq for [T]

impl<T: Eq> Eq for OnceCell<T>

impl<T: Eq> Eq for Saturating<T>

impl<T: Eq> Eq for Wrapping<T>

impl<T: Eq> Eq for Reverse<T>

impl<T: Eq, E: Eq> Eq for Result<T, E>

impl<T: Eq, const N: usize> Eq for [T; N]

impl<T: ?Sized + Eq> Eq for RefCell<T>

impl<T: ?Sized> Eq for *const T

impl<T: ?Sized> Eq for *mut T

impl<T: ?Sized> Eq for PhantomData<T>

impl<T: ?Sized> Eq for NonNull<T>

impl<Y: Eq, R: Eq> Eq for CoroutineState<Y, R>