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Two ways of comparing if two generics are of same type in Dart. There is a slight diff between these ways that may be important in some cases.
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| /// Check whether two types are the same type in Dart when working with | |
| /// generic types. | |
| /// | |
| /// Uses the same definition as the language specification for when two | |
| /// types are the same. Currently the same as mutual sub-typing. | |
| bool sameTypes<S, V>() { | |
| void func<X extends S>() {} | |
| // Dart spec says this is only true if S and V are "the same type". | |
| return func is void Function<X extends V>(); | |
| } | |
| bool equalTypes<S, V>() { | |
| return S == V; | |
| } | |
| class Nothing {} | |
| class Something extends Nothing {} | |
| void main() { | |
| // | |
| print(sameTypes<int, int>()); // true | |
| print(sameTypes<int, int?>()); // false | |
| print(equalTypes<int, int>()); // true | |
| print(equalTypes<int, int?>()); // false | |
| print(''); | |
| // | |
| print(sameTypes<Nothing, Nothing>()); // true | |
| print(sameTypes<Nothing, Nothing?>()); // false | |
| print(equalTypes<Nothing, Nothing>()); // true | |
| print(equalTypes<Nothing, Nothing?>()); // false | |
| print(''); | |
| // | |
| print(sameTypes<List<dynamic>, List<Object>>()); // false | |
| print(sameTypes<List<dynamic>, List<Object?>>()); // true | |
| print(equalTypes<List<dynamic>, List<Object>>()); // false | |
| print(equalTypes<List<dynamic>, List<Object?>>()); // false | |
| print(''); | |
| // | |
| print(sameTypes<Nothing, Something>()); // false | |
| print(sameTypes<Nothing?, Something?>()); // false | |
| print(equalTypes<Nothing, Something>()); // false | |
| print(equalTypes<Nothing?, Something?>()); // false | |
| } |
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