No Operator Overloading: Pitfalls

Pitfalls and red flags

• Using == on class handles and believing it checks field equality.

• Creating inconsistent equals()/compare() semantics across transaction types.

• Hiding costly deep comparison inside frequently called methods without documenting complexity.

• Skipping hash() while using objects as keys in custom caches or lookup tables.

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