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KotlinBigDecimalEquals

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2025.3-rc-2455 B
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Reports == or equals() calls that compare two java.math.BigDecimal numbers. This is normally a mistake, as two java.math.BigDecimal numbers are only equal if they are equal in both value and scale.

Example:

// condition is false
  val condition = BigDecimal("2.0") ==
      BigDecimal("2.00")

After the quick-fix is applied:

// condition is true
  val condition = BigDecimal("2.0").compareTo(
      BigDecimal("2.00")) == 0