# Objects

import util

class BasicObject:

    '''Provides default implementations of commonly-used methods'''

    def __str__(self): return util.class_name(self)+repr(self.__dict__)

    def __repr__(self): return str(self)

    def __eq__(self, other):

        return (other != None and other.__class__ == self.__class__

            and other.__dict__ == self.__dict__)

    def __hash__(self): return hash(tuple(self.__dict__.iteritems()))