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Since class instances are referenced and not copied when you use the assignment operator, it’s common to have many variables in your program referring to the same class instance. This makes it important for you to be able to compare two variables to see whether they point to the same class instance.
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Campbell, M. (2014). Class Identity Operators. In: Swift Quick Syntax Reference. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0439-9_33
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