— Function: equalp a b

This function is a more flexible version of equal. In particular, it compares strings case-insensitively, and it compares numbers without regard to type (so that (equalp 3 3.0) is true). Vectors and conses are compared recursively. All other objects are compared as if by equal.

This function differs from Common Lisp equalp in several respects. First, Common Lisp's equalp also compares characters case-insensitively, which would be impractical in this package since Emacs does not distinguish between integers and characters. In keeping with the idea that strings are less vector-like in Emacs Lisp, this package's equalp also will not compare strings against vectors of integers.