From 08067b3d6eeb623f5174abc2d2932670e11c27d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Hess <alexander@webartifex.biz>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 16:16:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix pytest not respecting the singleton pattern

This is only a temporary fix!

See issue: https://github.com/webartifex/lalib/issues/1
---
 src/lalib/elements/galois.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/lalib/elements/galois.py b/src/lalib/elements/galois.py
index 329714c..03a9ea2 100644
--- a/src/lalib/elements/galois.py
+++ b/src/lalib/elements/galois.py
@@ -316,7 +316,13 @@ class GF2Element(metaclass=GF2Meta):
         except (TypeError, ValueError):
             return False
         else:
-            return self is other  # `one` and `zero` are singletons
+            # TODO(webartifex): investigate the below issue
+            # https://github.com/webartifex/lalib/issues/1
+            # `one` and `zero` are singletons
+            # => yet, the following does not work with `pytest`
+            #    in Python 3.9 & 3.10: `return self is other`
+            # => for now, use the following fix:
+            return int(self) == int(other)
 
     def __lt__(self, other: object) -> bool:
         """Comparison: `self < other`.