From 02c8ea2ca55bc052ec473ff57f5c773bf62669da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zhuo Zhao <193034689+chaduo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:50:41 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix HalfVector equality for signed zero

---
 pgvector/halfvec.py       |  2 +-
 tests/test_half_vector.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pgvector/halfvec.py b/pgvector/halfvec.py
index 1a2c8c7..fa35194 100644
--- a/pgvector/halfvec.py
+++ b/pgvector/halfvec.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
     def __eq__(self, other: object, /) -> bool:
         if not isinstance(other, self.__class__):
             return NotImplemented
-        return self._value == other._value
+        return self.to_list() == other.to_list()
 
     def dimensions(self) -> int:
         return len(self._value)
diff --git a/tests/test_half_vector.py b/tests/test_half_vector.py
index 26c5ac7..4847501 100644
--- a/tests/test_half_vector.py
+++ b/tests/test_half_vector.py
@@ -56,6 +56,27 @@ def test_equality(self) -> None:
         assert HalfVector([1, 2, 3]) != HalfVector([1, 2, 4])
         assert HalfVector([1, 2, 3]) != 1
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('positive, negative', [
+        ([0.0], [-0.0]),
+        ([0.0, 1.5, -2.0], [-0.0, 1.5, -2.0]),
+        ([1e-8, 1.5], [-1e-8, 1.5]),
+    ])
+    def test_equality_signed_zero(self, positive: list[float], negative: list[float]) -> None:
+        left = HalfVector(positive)
+        right = HalfVector(negative)
+        assert left == right
+        assert right == left
+        # Numeric equality must not normalize the stored sign bit.
+        assert left.to_binary() != right.to_binary()
+
+    def test_equality_signed_zero_from_binary(self) -> None:
+        left = HalfVector.from_binary(pack('>HH2e', 2, 0, 0.0, 1.5))
+        right = HalfVector.from_binary(pack('>HH2e', 2, 0, -0.0, 1.5))
+        assert left == right
+
+    def test_equality_signed_zero_from_text(self) -> None:
+        assert HalfVector.from_text('[0.0,1.5]') == HalfVector.from_text('[-0.0,1.5]')
+
     def test_dimensions(self) -> None:
         assert HalfVector([1, 2, 3]).dimensions() == 3