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Jan 11, 2021
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original = getRandomCanvas()
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different = getRandomCanvas()
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original.toDataURL() === different.toDataURL()
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same = cloneCanvas(original)
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original.toDataURL() === same.toDataURL()
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function isCanvasEqual(value, other) {
if (value.width !== other.width || value.height !== other.height) {
return false;
}
const valueImageData = value
.getContext('2d')
.getImageData(0, 0, value.width, value.height).data;
const otherImageData = other
.getContext('2d')
.getImageData(0, 0, other.width, other.height).data;
for (let i = 0; i < valueImageData.length; i += 1) {
if (valueImageData[i] !== otherImageData[i]) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
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isCanvasEqual(original, different)
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isCanvasEqual(original, same)
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// we test for Uint32 equality
// instead of Uint8 equality, which reduces
// the number of iterations by four if
// the canvas is equal
function canvasUint32(canvas) {
return new Uint32Array(
canvas
.getContext('2d')
.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height).data.buffer
);
}
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function isArrayEqual(value, other) {
if (value.length !== other.length) {
return false;
}

for (let i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
if (value[i] !== other[i]) {
return false;
}
}
return true;
}
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isArrayEqual(canvasUint32(original), canvasUint32(different))
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isArrayEqual(canvasUint32(original), canvasUint32(same))
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