From 37ae0a2f37c7e446c890d9e1204edddfb3591dc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Timoth=C3=A9e=20Mazzucotelli?= <pawamoy@pm.me>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:21:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Fix comparing names with strings

Issue #114: https://github.com/mkdocstrings/griffe/issues/114
---
 src/griffe/expressions.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/griffe/expressions.py b/src/griffe/expressions.py
index b9490e3a..af7baa5b 100644
--- a/src/griffe/expressions.py
+++ b/src/griffe/expressions.py
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ def __init__(self, source: str, full: str | Callable) -> None:
             self._full = ""
             self._resolver = full
 
-    def __eq__(self, other: Name | Expression) -> bool:  # type: ignore[override]
-        return self.full == other.full  # noqa: WPS437
+    def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(other, str):
+            return self.full == other or self.brief == other
+        if isinstance(other, (Name, Expression)):
+            return self.full == other.full  # noqa: WPS437
+        raise NotImplementedError(f"uncomparable types: {type(self)} and {type(other)}")
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"Name(source={self.source!r}, full={self.full!r})"