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package main
import (
  "fmt"
  "reflect"
)
type Employee struct {
  firstName string
  secondName string
  id  int
}
func main() {
    e1 := Employee {
      firstName: "Anjana",
      secondName: "Shankar",
      id: 1,
    }
    e2 := Employee {
      firstName: "Anjana",
      secondName: "Shankar",
      id: 1,
    }
    e3 := Employee {
      firstName: "Anjana",
      secondName: "Shan",
      id: 1,
    }
    fmt.Println("== Operator in practice")
    if e1 == e2 {
      fmt.Println("e1 == e2")
    } else {
      fmt.Println("e1 != e2")
    }
    if e2 == e3 {
      fmt.Println("e2 == e3")
    } else {
      fmt.Println("e2 != e3")
    }
    fmt.Println("DeepEqual() in practice")
    fmt.Println("Is e1 equal to e2 : ", reflect.DeepEqual(e1, e2))
    fmt.Println("Is e2 equal to e3 : ", reflect.DeepEqual(e2, e3))
}

package main
import (
  "fmt"
  "reflect"
)
type Employee struct {
  firstName string
  secondName string
  id  *int
}
func main() {
    id1 := 1
    id2 := 1
    id3 := 1
    e1 := Employee {
      firstName: "Anjana",
      secondName: "Shankar",
      id: &id1,
    }
    e2 := Employee {
      firstName: "Anjana",
      secondName: "Shankar",
      id: &id2,
    }
    e3 := Employee {
      firstName: "Anjana",
      secondName: "Shan",
      id: &id3,
    }
    fmt.Println("== Operator in practice")
    if e1 == e2 {
      fmt.Println("e1 == e2")
    } else {
      fmt.Println("e1 != e2")
    }
    if e2 == e3 {
      fmt.Println("e2 == e3")
    } else {
      fmt.Println("e2 != e3")
    }
    fmt.Println("DeepEqual() in practice")
    fmt.Println("Is e1 equal to e2 : ", reflect.DeepEqual(e1, e2))
    fmt.Println("Is e2 equal to e3 : ", reflect.DeepEqual(e2, e3))
}

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