kubernetes/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/impl/equal.go

func equal(in protoiface.EqualInput) protoiface.EqualOutput { … }

// equalMessage is a fast-path variant of protoreflect.equalMessage.
// It takes advantage of the internal messageState type to avoid
// unnecessary allocations, type assertions.
func equalMessage(mx, my protoreflect.Message) bool { … }

func equalValue(fd protoreflect.FieldDescriptor, vx, vy protoreflect.Value) bool { … }

// Mostly copied from protoreflect.equalMap.
// This variant only works for messages as map types.
// All other map types should be handled via Value.Equal.
func equalMessageMap(mx, my protoreflect.Map) bool { … }

// Mostly copied from protoreflect.equalList.
// The only change is the usage of equalImpl instead of protoreflect.equalValue.
func equalMessageList(lx, ly protoreflect.List) bool { … }

// equalUnknown compares unknown fields by direct comparison on the raw bytes
// of each individual field number.
// Copied from protoreflect.equalUnknown.
func equalUnknown(x, y protoreflect.RawFields) bool { … }