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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ART_COMPILER_DEX_REG_STORAGE_EQ_H_
+#define ART_COMPILER_DEX_REG_STORAGE_EQ_H_
+
+#include "reg_storage.h"
+
+namespace art {
+
+// Define == and != operators for RegStorage. These are based on exact equality of the reg storage,
+// that is, 32b and 64b views of the same physical register won't match. This is often not the
+// intended behavior, so be careful when including this header.
+
+inline bool operator==(const RegStorage& lhs, const RegStorage& rhs) {
+  return lhs.ExactlyEquals(rhs);
+}
+
+inline bool operator!=(const RegStorage& lhs, const RegStorage& rhs) {
+  return lhs.NotExactlyEquals(rhs);
+}
+
+}  // namespace art
+
+#endif  // ART_COMPILER_DEX_REG_STORAGE_EQ_H_
+