When is it necessary to override Equals() in a .NET class?

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Published on 2010-06-07T23:19:09Z Indexed on 2010/06/07 23:22 UTC
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.NET contains its own equality comparison functionality, however I don't really understand how it works.

If the desired Equals() and == behaviour is to verify that every field of an object is equal to every field of another object, is it necessary to override Equals() with a method that does this explicitly?

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