chore: Replace reflect.DeepEqual with cmp.Equal in tests

[jferrl]

This PR refactors the test suite to replace all instances of reflect.DeepEqual with cmp.Equal from the github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp package. This change improves test performance, provides better error messages, and follows modern Go testing best practices. Also improves test output readability and consistency across the codebase

[gmlewis]

@jferri - just FYI - I lost write access to this repo and this may cause unexpected delays for which I apologize.
You can watch that other PR to check on the status.

[jferrl]

@jferri - just FYI - I lost write access to this repo and this may cause unexpected delays for which I apologize. You can watch that other PR to check on the status.

No worries! 😃

[alexandear]

I propose configuring the forbidigo linter in the golangci-lint config to forbid the use of reflect.DeepEqual in tests. This way, the use of cmp.Equal will be automatically enforced in the future.

[jferrl]

I propose configuring the forbidigo linter in the golangci-lint config to forbid the use of reflect.DeepEqual in tests. This way, the use of cmp.Equal will be automatically enforced in the future.

Thanks for the suggestion, good catch 😃

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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 91.12%. Comparing base (3646f33) to head (a7aaaea).
⚠️ Report is 1 commits behind head on master.

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[gmlewis]

Thank you, @jferrl and @alexandear!
LGTM.
Merging.