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Value equality over the elements and the shape.

public bool Equals(NpyBlock other)

Parameters — other is the block to compare against.

Returns — bool, true when both blocks hold the same number of elements with equal values in the same order, and declare the same shape.

Example — two reads of the same bytes.

using Lodestar.Embeddings.Persistence;

using var buffer = new MemoryStream();
NpyFile.Write(buffer, [1f, 2f, 3f, 4f], 2, 2);
byte[] bytes = buffer.ToArray();

NpyBlock first = NpyFile.Read(new ReadOnlyMemory<byte>(bytes));
NpyBlock second = NpyFile.Read(new ReadOnlyMemory<byte>(bytes));

bool equal = first.Equals(second);  // => True

Remarks — a record struct over ReadOnlyMemory<float> and a list would compare both by reference, so two reads of one file were unequal (the equality rule is why this one is written out). Elements compare the way float.Equals does, so NaN equals NaN. OwnedArray is not compared: who owns the array is not part of the block's value.

Applies to — net10.0, netstandard2.0.

See also — NpyBlock, NpyBlock.GetHashCode.