Wrong warning message for Kotlin OffsetDateTime equality check
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The IDE shows the following warning when using `==` on two instances of `OffsetDateTime`. However, `==` is NOT an “identity-sensitive operation” in Kotlin, so the message seems objectively wrong and unhelpful.
Maybe a useful message would express that the comparison of `OffsetDateTime` with '==' checks for structural equality including the offset, while `isEqual()` has more chance of being the intended check: if the two instances represent the exact same instant in time, regardless of their offsets.
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Hi!
Like this:
```kotlin
// Project with single file: scratch.kts
import java.time.OffsetDateTime
val dt1: OffsetDateTime = OffsetDateTime.now()
val dt2: OffsetDateTime = OffsetDateTime.now()
if (dt1 == dt2) { // IDEA shows the warning here.
print("same")
}
```
That's exactly it. Thank you!