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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def equals(self, other):
 """Field-based equality for SSAEvents."""

        if isinstance(other, SSAEvent):
            return self.as_dict() == other.as_dict()
        else:
            raise TypeError("Cannot compare to non-SSAEvent object")