When == is used on an expression of type object, it’ll resolve to System.Object.ReferenceEquals. Equals is just a virtual method and behaves as such, so the overridden version will be used (which, for string type compares the contents).
Why reinvent the wheel? Give Lodash a try. It has a number of must-have functions such as isEqual(). _.isEqual(object, other); It will brute force check each key value – just like the other examples on this page – using ECMAScript 5 and native optimizations if they’re available in the browser. Note: Previously this answer recommended Underscore.js, … Read more