From 2692604c091a3e0d87e2535474d1f180c86da3d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alchav <59858495+Alchav@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:40:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Core: String comparison with FreeText class (#2942)

---
 Options.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Options.py b/Options.py
index f19c042f..144220c8 100644
--- a/Options.py
+++ b/Options.py
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ class FreeText(Option[str]):
     def get_option_name(cls, value: str) -> str:
         return value
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, self.__class__):
+            return other.value == self.value
+        elif isinstance(other, str):
+            return other == self.value
+        else:
+            raise TypeError(f"Can't compare {self.__class__.__name__} with {other.__class__.__name__}")
+
 
 class NumericOption(Option[int], numbers.Integral, abc.ABC):
     default = 0