Recursive equals call

Reports recursive equals(==) calls.

In Kotlin, == compares object values by calling equals method under the hood. ===, on the other hand, compares objects by reference.

=== is commonly used in equals method implementation. But === may be mistakenly mixed up with == leading to infinite recursion.

Example:

class X {
    override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
        if (this == other) return true
        return false
    }
}

After the quick-fix is applied:

class X {
    override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
        if (this === other) return true
        return false
    }
}

Inspection Details
Available in:	IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3
Plugin:	Kotlin, @snapshot@

Last modified: 13 July 2023