From d9b9c6bad1b2435e06b8066857a2fb3d1ce03411 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jmoenig <jens@moenig.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 11:11:07 +0100
Subject: fixed #261 (less tolerant null-value-to-number-coercion)

---
 history.txt |  1 +
 threads.js  | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index fed4d3e..04c5949 100755
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -2025,3 +2025,4 @@ ______
 * Threads: handle text comparisons case-insensitive (again)
 * Lists: harmonize equality testing and List CONTAINS testing
 * French translation update, thanks, Martin!
+* Threads: fixed #261 (less tolerant null-value-to-number-coercion)
diff --git a/threads.js b/threads.js
index 727aedf..9727e18 100644
--- a/threads.js
+++ b/threads.js
@@ -98,9 +98,15 @@ function snapEquals(a, b) {
         }
         return false;
     }
+
     var x = +a,
-        y = +b;
-    if (isNaN(x) || isNaN(y)) {
+        y = +b,
+        specials = [true, false, '', 0];
+
+    // check for special values before coercing to numbers
+    if (isNaN(x) || isNaN(y) ||
+            [a, b].some(function (any) {return contains(specials, any) ||
+                  (any.indexOf(' ') > -1); })) {
         x = a;
         y = b;
     }
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