Strict Equality, Lax Equality, Equivalence, Sameness

Development Semantics
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  • I don't have issues with stricter equality. Some synonyms for loose behaviour: ALIKE? SIMILAR?

  • For /STRICT, might suggest SWITCH/PRECISE, or SWITCH/EXACT

  • Whatever form loose equality might take, I do wonder of the relative perils of:

    string! is/nearly first [string!]

    where:

    'foo is/nearly first [foo:]

    The potential benefits for a loose-by-default SWITCH statement for this idiom seem useful where currently awkward conventions fill that space.