Test2::Compare::Ref(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Test2::Compare::Ref(3pm)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Test2::Compare::Ref - Ref comparison

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Used to compare two refs in a deep comparison.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
    my $ref = {};
    my $check = Test2::Compare::Ref->new(input => $ref);
    # Passes
    is( [$ref], [$check], "The array contains the exact ref we want" );
    # Fails, they both may be empty hashes, but we are looking for a specific
    # reference.
    is( [{}], [$check], "This will fail");
```

# [SOURCE](#SOURCE)

The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at *https://github.com/Test-More/test-more/*.

# [MAINTAINERS](#MAINTAINERS)

[Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>](#Chad)

# [AUTHORS](#AUTHORS)

[Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>](#Chad~2)

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See *http://dev.perl.org/licenses/*

2026-08-31 perl v5.44.0

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