Why an object with the same key : value is not equal?

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Hello
I don’t understood why the result is not equal, except if comparing an object is not possible with the == operator
assert.notEqual({ value: 1 }, { value: 1 }, '== compares object references');

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This is exactly it. A Javascript variable holds one value. This works fine for primative data like numbers or boolean, but for complex stuff like objects and arrys, they are too big to fit into the variable. Instead, the variable holds the location in memory where the object is stored. In this case, two brand new objects won’t be stored in the same spot, so they won’t compare as equal.

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