ICollection<object> values aren't being compared

[rbeesley]

            var expected = new List<object> {
                1,
                "2"
            };

            var actual = new List<object> {
                1,
                "3"
            };

            var comparer = new ObjectsComparer.Comparer();
            IEnumerable<Difference> differences;

            comparer.Compare(expected, actual, out differences);

I expected Compare to return a false. If I change the type of objects to List and use integers or if I change the type to List and use strings it will see the differences, but I have an ICollection, IList or IDictionary, which can consist of different primitives or ICollection types and I'm trying to find a way to verify that the potentially deeply nested values are the same.

[ValeraT1982]

@rbeesley, it's an expected behavior. If you specify type of the elements as an object then comparer compare elements by properties declared in object.

In this case probably the best solution would be to convert all elements to sting and then compare as List.