util: handle some more corner-cases in equivalence checks #127

Job	Run time
Tests and Analysis (JDK: 8)	9m 53s
Tests and Analysis (JDK: 11)	12m 46s
Tests and Analysis (JDK: 17)	11m 40s
Tests and Analysis (JDK: 21)	11m 40s
Platform Integration (JDK: 8, OS: ubuntu-latest)	1m 13s
Platform Integration (JDK: 8, OS: windows-latest)	2m 27s
Platform Integration (JDK: 8, OS: macOS-latest)	3m 10s
Platform Integration (JDK: 11, OS: ubuntu-latest)	1m 27s
Platform Integration (JDK: 11, OS: windows-latest)	3m 9s
Platform Integration (JDK: 11, OS: macOS-latest)	2m 59s
Platform Integration (JDK: 17, OS: ubuntu-latest)	1m 15s
Platform Integration (JDK: 17, OS: windows-latest)	3m 34s
Platform Integration (JDK: 17, OS: macOS-latest)	2m 3s
Platform Integration (JDK: 21, OS: ubuntu-latest)	1m 20s
Platform Integration (JDK: 21, OS: windows-latest)	4m 12s
Platform Integration (JDK: 21, OS: macOS-latest)	3m 3s
Deploy	2m 48s
Coverage	2m 27s
	1h 21m 6s

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