Expose via Sample __eq__

Framework/PythonInterface/mantid/api/src/Exports/Sample.cpp

@@ -87,5 +87,6 @@ void export_Sample() {
            return_internal_reference<>())
       .def("__copy__", &Mantid::PythonInterface::generic__copy__<Sample>)
       .def("__deepcopy__",
-           &Mantid::PythonInterface::generic__deepcopy__<Sample>);
+           &Mantid::PythonInterface::generic__deepcopy__<Sample>)
+      .def("__eq__", &Sample::operator==,(arg("self"), arg("other")));
 }

Framework/PythonInterface/test/python/mantid/api/SampleTest.py

@@ -124,8 +124,12 @@ class SampleTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_deep_copyable(self):
         self.do_test_copyable(copy.deepcopy)
 
-
-
+    def test_equals(self):
+        a = Sample()
+        b = Sample()
+        self.assertEqual(a, b)
+        b.setThickness(10)
+        self.assertNotEqual(a, b)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()