Fix for ChangeSetMergeTracker so that it correctly works with Value Types

src/DynamicData.Tests/Cache/MergeChangeSetsFixture.cs

@@ -651,11 +651,11 @@ public void EqualityComparerAndComparerWorkTogetherForRefreshes()
         // then
         _marketList.Count.Should().Be(2);
         results1.Data.Count.Should().Be(PricesPerMarket);
-        results1.Messages.Count.Should().Be(2);
+        results1.Messages.Count.Should().Be(3);
         results1.Summary.Overall.Adds.Should().Be(PricesPerMarket);
         results1.Summary.Overall.Removes.Should().Be(0);
         results1.Summary.Overall.Updates.Should().Be(PricesPerMarket);
-        results1.Summary.Overall.Refreshes.Should().Be(0);
+        results1.Summary.Overall.Refreshes.Should().Be(PricesPerMarket);
         results2.Messages.Count.Should().Be(4);
         results2.Summary.Overall.Adds.Should().Be(PricesPerMarket);
         results2.Summary.Overall.Removes.Should().Be(0);

src/DynamicData.Tests/Cache/MergeManyChangeSetsCacheFixture.cs

@@ -791,6 +791,26 @@ public void MergedObservableWillFailIfSourceFails()
         receivedError.Should().Be(expectedError);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void MergeManyChangeSetsWorksCorrectlyWithValueTypes()
+    {
+        // having
+        var markets = Enumerable.Range(0, MarketCount).Select(n => new Market(n)).ToArray();
+        _marketCache.AddOrUpdate(markets);
+        markets.ForEach(m => m.SetPrices(0, PricesPerMarket, GetRandomPrice));
+        using var results = _marketCache.Connect()
+                .MergeManyChangeSets(m => m.LatestPrices.Transform(p => p.Price))
+                .AsAggregator();
+
+        // when
+        markets.ForEach(m => m.RemoveAllPrices());
+
+        // then
+        results.Data.Count.Should().Be(0);
+        results.Summary.Overall.Adds.Should().Be(PricesPerMarket);
+        results.Summary.Overall.Removes.Should().Be(PricesPerMarket);
+    }
+
     public void Dispose()
     {
         _marketCacheResults.Dispose();

src/DynamicData.Tests/Cache/MergeManyChangeSetsCacheSourceCompareFixture.cs

@@ -921,11 +921,11 @@ public void EqualityComparerAndChildComparerWorkTogetherForRefreshes()
         resultsLow.Summary.Overall.Removes.Should().Be(0);
         resultsLow.Summary.Overall.Updates.Should().Be(0);
         resultsLow.Summary.Overall.Refreshes.Should().Be(0);
-        resultsRecent.Messages.Count.Should().Be(3);
+        resultsRecent.Messages.Count.Should().Be(4);
         resultsRecent.Summary.Overall.Adds.Should().Be(PricesPerMarket);
         resultsRecent.Summary.Overall.Removes.Should().Be(0);
         resultsRecent.Summary.Overall.Updates.Should().Be(PricesPerMarket * 2);
-        resultsRecent.Summary.Overall.Refreshes.Should().Be(0);
+        resultsRecent.Summary.Overall.Refreshes.Should().Be(PricesPerMarket);
         resultsTimeStamp.Messages.Count.Should().Be(5);
         resultsTimeStamp.Summary.Overall.Adds.Should().Be(PricesPerMarket);
         resultsTimeStamp.Summary.Overall.Removes.Should().Be(0);

src/DynamicData/Cache/Internal/ChangeSetMergeTracker.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ internal sealed class ChangeSetMergeTracker<TObject, TKey>(Func<IEnumerable<Chan
     where TKey : notnull
 {
     private readonly ChangeAwareCache<TObject, TKey> _resultCache = new();
+    private readonly IEqualityComparer<TObject> _equalityComparer = equalityComparer ?? EqualityComparer<TObject>.Default;
     private bool _hasCompleted;
 
     public void MarkComplete() => _hasCompleted = true;
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ private void OnItemRefreshed(ChangeSetCache<TObject, TKey>[] sources, TObject it
         // In the sorting case, a refresh requires doing a full update because any change could alter what the best value is
         // If we don't care about sorting OR if we do care, but re-selecting the best value didn't change anything
         // AND the current value is the exact one being refreshed, then emit the refresh downstream
-        if (((comparer is null) || !UpdateToBestValue(sources, key, cached)) && ReferenceEquals(cached.Value, item))
+        if (((comparer is null) || !UpdateToBestValue(sources, key, cached)) && CheckEquality(cached.Value, item))
         {
             _resultCache.Refresh(key);
         }
@@ -268,9 +269,9 @@ private Optional<TObject> LookupBestValue(ChangeSetCache<TObject, TKey>[] source
     }
 
     private bool CheckEquality(TObject left, TObject right) =>
-        ReferenceEquals(left, right) || (equalityComparer?.Equals(left, right) ?? false);
+        _equalityComparer.Equals(left, right);
 
     // Return true if candidate should replace current as the observed downstream value
     private bool ShouldReplace(TObject candidate, TObject current) =>
-        !ReferenceEquals(candidate, current) && (comparer?.Compare(candidate, current) < 0);
+        comparer?.Compare(candidate, current) < 0;
 }

src/DynamicData/Cache/Internal/ToObservableOptional.cs

@@ -11,28 +11,45 @@ internal sealed class ToObservableOptional<TObject, TKey>(IObservable<IChangeSet
     where TObject : notnull
     where TKey : notnull
 {
+    private readonly IEqualityComparer<TObject> _equalityComparer = equalityComparer ?? EqualityComparer<TObject>.Default;
     private readonly IObservable<IChangeSet<TObject, TKey>> _source = source ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(source));
     private readonly TKey _key = key;
 
     public IObservable<Optional<TObject>> Run() => Observable.Create<Optional<TObject>>(observer =>
-                                                            _source.Subscribe(
-                                                                changes =>
-                                                                changes.Where(ShouldEmitChange).ForEach(change => observer.OnNext(change switch
-                                                                {
-                                                                    { Reason: ChangeReason.Remove } => Optional.None<TObject>(),
-                                                                    _ => Optional.Some(change.Current),
-                                                                })),
-                                                                observer.OnError,
-                                                                observer.OnCompleted));
-
-    private bool ShouldEmitChange(Change<TObject, TKey> change) => change switch
     {
-        { Key: { } thekey } when !thekey.Equals(_key) => false,
-        { Reason: ChangeReason.Add } => true,
-        { Reason: ChangeReason.Remove } => true,
-        { Reason: ChangeReason.Update, Previous.HasValue: false } => true,
-        { Reason: ChangeReason.Update } when equalityComparer is not null => !equalityComparer.Equals(change.Current, change.Previous.Value),
-        { Reason: ChangeReason.Update } => !ReferenceEquals(change.Current, change.Previous.Value),
-        _ => false,
-    };
+        var lastValue = Optional.None<TObject>();
+
+        return _source.Subscribe(
+                    changes => lastValue = EmitChanges(changes, observer, lastValue),
+                    observer.OnError,
+                    observer.OnCompleted);
+    });
+
+    private Optional<TObject> EmitChanges(IChangeSet<TObject, TKey> changes, IObserver<Optional<TObject>> observer, Optional<TObject> lastValue)
+    {
+        foreach (var change in changes.ToConcreteType())
+        {
+            // Ignore changes for different keys
+            if (!change.Key.Equals(_key))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Remove is None, everything else is the current value
+            var emitValue = change switch
+            {
+                { Reason: ChangeReason.Remove } => Optional.None<TObject>(),
+                _ => Optional.Some(change.Current),
+            };
+
+            // Emit the value if it has changed
+            if ((emitValue.HasValue != lastValue.HasValue) || (emitValue.HasValue && !_equalityComparer.Equals(lastValue.Value, emitValue.Value)))
+            {
+                observer.OnNext(emitValue);
+                lastValue = emitValue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return lastValue;
+    }
 }