Dunder methods __len__ and __eq__

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__len__ makes len() work on your object. __eq__ makes == use your custom comparison instead of the default identity check. Without __eq__, a == b would be False because they are different objects in memory. With it, the comparison delegates to the items lists. Dunder methods are how Python's built-in operators and functions integrate with custom classes - the entire data model is built on them.