diff --git a/src/hb-algs.hh b/src/hb-algs.hh
index 112655732..85da97b1f 100644
--- a/src/hb-algs.hh
+++ b/src/hb-algs.hh
@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ struct
 
   template <typename Pred, typename Val> auto
   impl (Pred&& p, Val &&v, hb_priority<1>) const HB_AUTO_RETURN
-  (hb_deref (hb_forward<Pred> (p)).has (hb_forward<Val> (v)))
+  (
+    hb_deref (hb_forward<Pred> (p)).has (hb_forward<Val> (v))
+  )
 
   template <typename Pred, typename Val> auto
   impl (Pred&& p, Val &&v, hb_priority<0>) const HB_AUTO_RETURN
@@ -269,7 +271,9 @@ struct
 
   template <typename Proj, typename Val> auto
   impl (Proj&& f, Val &&v, hb_priority<2>) const HB_AUTO_RETURN
-  (hb_deref (hb_forward<Proj> (f)).get (hb_forward<Val> (v)))
+  (
+    hb_deref (hb_forward<Proj> (f)).get (hb_forward<Val> (v))
+  )
 
   template <typename Proj, typename Val> auto
   impl (Proj&& f, Val &&v, hb_priority<1>) const HB_AUTO_RETURN
@@ -296,6 +300,40 @@ struct
 }
 HB_FUNCOBJ (hb_get);
 
+struct
+{
+  private:
+
+  template <typename T1, typename T2> auto
+  impl (T1&& v1, T2 &&v2, hb_priority<2>) const HB_AUTO_RETURN
+  (
+    hb_forward<T2> (v2). cmp (hb_forward<T1> (v1)) == 0
+  )
+
+  template <typename T1, typename T2> auto
+  impl (T1&& v1, T2 &&v2, hb_priority<1>) const HB_AUTO_RETURN
+  (
+    hb_forward<T1> (v1). cmp (hb_forward<T2> (v2)) == 0
+  )
+
+  template <typename T1, typename T2> auto
+  impl (T1&& v1, T2 &&v2, hb_priority<0>) const HB_AUTO_RETURN
+  (
+    hb_forward<T1> (v1) == hb_forward<T2> (v2)
+  )
+
+  public:
+
+  template <typename T1, typename T2> auto
+  operator () (T1&& v1, T2 &&v2) const HB_AUTO_RETURN
+  (
+    impl (hb_forward<T1> (v1),
+	  hb_forward<T2> (v2),
+	  hb_prioritize)
+  )
+}
+HB_FUNCOBJ (hb_equal);
+
 
 template <typename T1, typename T2>
 struct hb_pair_t
diff --git a/src/hb-array.hh b/src/hb-array.hh
index 568cd02c7..576b1e094 100644
--- a/src/hb-array.hh
+++ b/src/hb-array.hh
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ struct hb_array_t : hb_iter_with_fallback_t<hb_array_t<Type>, Type&>
   bool lfind (const T &x, unsigned *pos = nullptr) const
   {
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < length; ++i)
-      if (!this->arrayZ[i].cmp (x))
+      if (hb_equal (this->arrayZ[i], x))
       {
 	if (pos)
 	  *pos = i;