Method: BCrypt::Password#==

Defined in:
lib/bcrypt/password.rb

#==(secret) ⇒ Object Also known as: is_password?

Compares a potential secret against the hash. Returns true if the secret is the original secret, false otherwise.

Comparison edge case/gotcha:

secret = "my secret"
@password = BCrypt::Password.create(secret)

@password == secret              # => True
@password == @password           # => False
@password == @password.to_s      # => False
@password.to_s == @password      # => True
@password.to_s == @password.to_s # => True



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# File 'lib/bcrypt/password.rb', line 76

def ==(secret)
  super(BCrypt::Engine.hash_secret(secret, @salt))
end