From e27cd9e809d8d7c711662c6f9020f3e6c6ea9a15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Armstrong <steven@icarus.ethz.ch>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:23:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] when comparing objects, define equality as 'attributes are
 the same'

Signed-off-by: Steven Armstrong <steven@icarus.ethz.ch>
---
 lib/cdist/core/object.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/cdist/core/object.py b/lib/cdist/core/object.py
index 12d16838..b6bdeee3 100644
--- a/lib/cdist/core/object.py
+++ b/lib/cdist/core/object.py
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ class Object(object):
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<Object %s>' % self.name
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        """define equality as 'attributes are the same'"""
+        return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
+
     @property
     def explorer_path(self):
         # create absolute path