Update assert to compare data structures that are isomorphically equal (such as a Tree, Trie, etc) to one another, but not equal by value or reference.
Proposed solution
Define an Equal and Diff interface that structures can implement that the require/assert package will check on equality assertion (e.g. require.Equal(t, expected, actual)) rather than using DeepEqual.
Description
Update
assertto compare data structures that are isomorphically equal (such as a Tree, Trie, etc) to one another, but not equal by value or reference.Proposed solution
Define an
EqualandDiffinterface that structures can implement that therequire/assertpackage will check on equality assertion (e.g.require.Equal(t, expected, actual)) rather than usingDeepEqual.Use case
Currently, the Cilium codebase uses a
require.Truefas a workaround, calling into a customEqualsmethod and a customDiffmethod.