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How to correctly compare two slices in Go for equality of elements and length?

Hello everyone! I recently started learning Go and encountered what seemed like a simple task. I need to compare two slices of integers to check if they contain the same elements in the same order (i.e., if they are "deeply equal"). In Python I would just write `if list1 == list2:` and it would work. But in Go I found that the `==` operator doesn't work for slices! The compiler gives an error: `slice can only be compared to nil`. Here's an example of my code: ```go package main import "fmt" func main() { a := []int{1, 2, 3} b := []int{1, 2, 3} if a == b { // Compilation error! fmt.Println("Slices are equal") } } ``` I understand that a slice is a reference type (a descriptor with a pointer to the underlying array, length, and capacity). But how then do you correctly compare two slices?