2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 09ddf45ff..391b3b322 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -292,12 +292,11 @@ class Formula
     @pin.unpin
   end
 
-  def == b
-    name == b.name
-  end
-  def eql? b
-    self == b and self.class.equal? b.class
+  def == other
+    instance_of?(other.class) && name == other.name
   end
+  alias_method :eql?, :==
+
   def hash
     name.hash
   end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_formula.rb
index 1591b425b..bc1e703eb 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_formula.rb
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ class FormulaTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert !y.eql?(x)
   end
 
+  def test_comparison_with_non_formula_objects_does_not_raise
+    assert_not_equal TestBall.new, Object.new
+  end
+
   def test_class_naming
     assert_equal 'ShellFm', Formula.class_s('shell.fm')
     assert_equal 'Fooxx', Formula.class_s('foo++')