From 39aa08ab937d4ef7d1f796fe611da9495ef5f949 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andres Torres <34612646+TurretAA12@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2020 05:42:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added __eq__ to Message

---
 discord/message.py | 3 +++
 docs/api.rst       | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/discord/message.py b/discord/message.py
index e2cfe866e..7e8440f4c 100644
--- a/discord/message.py
+++ b/discord/message.py
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ class Message:
     def __repr__(self):
         return '<Message id={0.id} channel={0.channel!r} type={0.type!r} author={0.author!r} flags={0.flags!r}>'.format(self)
 
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return isinstance(other, self.__class__) and self.id == other.id
+
     def _try_patch(self, data, key, transform=None):
         try:
             value = data[key]
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 028bc9947..759aece6a 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -903,6 +903,15 @@ of :class:`enum.Enum`.
     Specifies the type of :class:`Message`. This is used to denote if a message
     is to be interpreted as a system message or a regular message.
 
+    .. container:: operations
+    
+      .. describe:: x == y
+
+          Checks if two messages are equal.
+      .. describe:: x != y
+
+          Checks if two messages are not equal.
+
     .. attribute:: default
 
         The default message type. This is the same as regular messages.