Handle string comparisons correctly with equals_

src/Env.js

@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ jasmine.Env.prototype.equals_ = function(a, b, mismatchKeys, mismatchValues) {
     return b.matches(a);
   }
 
+  if (jasmine.isString_(a) && jasmine.isString_(b)) {
+    return (a == b);
+  }
+
   if (typeof a === "object" && typeof b === "object") {
     return this.compareObjects_(a, b, mismatchKeys, mismatchValues);
   }

src/base.js

@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ jasmine.isArray_ = function(value) {
   return Object.prototype.toString.apply(value) === '[object Array]';
 };
 
+/**
+ * @ignore
+ * @private
+ * @param value
+ * @returns {Boolean}
+ */
+jasmine.isString_ = function(value) {
+  return Object.prototype.toString.apply(value) === '[object String]';
+};
+
 /**
  * Pretty printer for expecations.  Takes any object and turns it into a human-readable string.
  *