yes, you can use Name / PgkPath methods to test equality.
https://golang.org/pkg/reflect/#Type
Those methods might be useful too,
// Implements reports whether the type implements the interface type u.
Implements(u Type <https://golang.org/pkg/reflect/#Type>) bool
<https://golang.org/pkg/builtin/#bool>
// AssignableTo reports whether a value of the type is assignable to
type u.
AssignableTo(u Type <https://golang.org/pkg/reflect/#Type>) bool
<https://golang.org/pkg/builtin/#bool>
// ConvertibleTo reports whether a value of the type is convertible to
type u.
ConvertibleTo(u Type <https://golang.org/pkg/reflect/#Type>) bool
<https://golang.org/pkg/builtin/#bool>
And the doc says,
// String returns a string representation of the type.
// The string representation may use shortened package names
// (e.g., base64 instead of "encoding/base64") and is not
// guaranteed to be unique among types. To test for type identity,
// compare the Types directly.
String() string <https://golang.org/pkg/builtin/#string>
>compare the Types directly.
I understand it means you need to iterate field and methods to test more.
On Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 4:47:37 AM UTC+2, nz wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> As far as I can tell two reflect.Type's should be equal, but they fail
> equality (==) test, printing the reflect.Type using "%#v" of the types
> yields identical values
>
> &reflect.rtype{size:0x8, ptrdata:0x8, hash:0xdd3884e8, tflag:0x1,
> align:0x8, fieldAlign:0x8, kind:0x36, alg:(*reflect.typeAlg)(0x136b930),
> gcdata:(*uint8)(0xd60948), str:145804, ptrToThis:0}
> &reflect.rtype{size:0x8, ptrdata:0x8, hash:0xdd3884e8, tflag:0x1,
> align:0x8, fieldAlign:0x8, kind:0x36, alg:(*reflect.typeAlg)(0x136b930),
> gcdata:(*uint8)(0xd60948), str:145804, ptrToThis:0}
>
> When I invoke them they appear to create the same instance (printing using
> "%#v") -
> (**my.TestObject)(0xc420196140)
> (**my.TestObject)(0xc420196148)
>
> Yet equality between types fails ... Is there something else that I can
> test for ?
>
> thanks
> Nz
>
>
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