import { WithEquality } from "./Comparison";

export interface Value {

    /**
     * Two objects are equal if they represent the same value,
     * regardless of whether they are the same object physically
     * in memory.
     */
    equals(other: any&WithEquality /*TODO*/): boolean; // I experimented with 'this' for the other type but had issues with interfaces

    /**
     * Get a number for that object. Two different values
     * may get the same number, but one value must always get
     * the same number. The formula can impact performance.
     */
    hashCode(): number;

    /**
     * Get a human-friendly string representation of that value.
     */
    toString(): string;

    /**
     * Used by the node REPL to display values.
     * Most of the time should be the same as toString()
     */
    inspect(): string;
}