Harden SheetRange equality semantics and null/type safety

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SheetRange equality implementations were unsafe (Equals(object) could throw) and inconsistent with the hash contract. This updates equality to be null/type safe and compares the same identity fields used by GetHashCode.

• Equality contract alignment

  • Equals(SheetRange) now compares only structural identity fields: StartRow, StartColumn, EndRow, EndColumn, TabName.
  • Removed comparisons on derived notation fields (A1Notation, R1C1Notation, flags) so equality matches hash inputs.

• Null/type safety

  • Added explicit null and reference-equality guards in Equals(SheetRange).
  • Replaced direct cast in Equals(object) with pattern matching to avoid invalid-cast exceptions.

• Targeted test coverage

  • Added tests for:
    • Equals(SheetRange) and Equals(object) with null
    • Equals(object) with non-SheetRange input
    • equal ranges producing equal hash codes
    • non-equal ranges evaluating false

public override bool Equals(object obj)
{
    return obj is SheetRange other && Equals(other);
}

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🟡 Changes recommended

SheetRange.Equals(SheetRange) still compares derived notation/flag fields, which doesn’t match the PR’s stated “identity-fields-only” equality semantics and isn’t fully enforced by the added tests.

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Pull request overview

This PR aims to harden SheetRange equality behavior by making Equals(object) null/type-safe, aligning Equals semantics with GetHashCode, and adding targeted tests to prevent regressions.

Changes:

• Added null and reference-equality guards to SheetRange.Equals(SheetRange).
• Updated SheetRange.Equals(object) to use pattern matching to avoid invalid-cast exceptions.
• Added NUnit tests covering Equals with null/wrong types and basic equality/hash expectations; bumped package version to 2.0.28.

File summaries

File	Description
src/GoogleSheetsWrapper/SheetRange.cs	Updates equality implementations for improved null/type safety.
src/GoogleSheetsWrapper/GoogleSheetsWrapper.csproj	Bumps package version to 2.0.28.
src/GoogleSheetsWrapper.Tests/SheetRangeTests.cs	Adds tests around equality behavior and hash-code consistency.

Review details

• Files reviewed: 3/3 changed files
• Comments generated: 2
• Review effort level: Lite

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🔵 Needs a closer look

SheetRange.Equals(SheetRange) still compares derived notation/flag fields, contradicting the PR’s stated goal to align equality with GetHashCode, and the added test meant to enforce that alignment doesn’t currently validate it.

Review details

Suppressed comments (2)

src/GoogleSheetsWrapper/SheetRange.cs:283

• Equals(SheetRange) still compares derived notation/flags (A1Notation, R1C1Notation, CanSupportA1Notation, IsSingleCellRange), but GetHashCode uses only coordinates + TabName. This contradicts the PR description/title and makes equality semantics more restrictive than the identity fields used for hashing. Consider limiting equality to the same structural identity fields as GetHashCode (and updating the XML summary accordingly).

            return
                A1Notation == other.A1Notation &&
                CanSupportA1Notation == other.CanSupportA1Notation &&
                EndColumn == other.EndColumn &&
                EndRow == other.EndRow &&

src/GoogleSheetsWrapper.Tests/SheetRangeTests.cs:208

• The "Derived notation/flags should not participate in equality" assertion currently compares two ranges that will also have identical derived notation, so it won’t fail if Equals keeps comparing A1Notation/R1C1Notation. To actually validate the intended semantics, force the derived notation fields to differ (without changing coordinates/tab) and assert equality remains true.

            // Derived notation/flags should not participate in equality
            var mutated = new SheetRange("Tab", 1, 1, 2, 2);
            mutated.EndColumn = null;
            var constructed = new SheetRange("Tab", 1, 1, null, 2);

• Files reviewed: 3/3 changed files
• Comments generated: 0 new
• Review effort level: Lite