XML Object Comparison

When comparing two XML objects, it appears that flexunit is reporting their equality when the values of XML elements are not equal.

Here's a valid example:

var xmlA:XML =

<root>

     <element1>text1</element1>

     <element2>text2</element2>

</root>;

var xmlB:XML =

<root>

     <element2>text2</element2>

     <element1>text1</element1>

</root>;

Assert.assertTrue(ObjectUtil.compare(xmlA, xmlB) == 0)   => true

This is correct: element order does not matter and $xmlA/root/element1 == $xmlB/root/element1

Here's an invalid example:

var xmlA:XML =

<root>

     <element1>text1</element1>

     <element2>text2</element2>

</root>;

var xmlB:XML =

<root>

     <element1>text3</element1>

     <element2>text2</element2>

</root>;

Assert.assertTrue(ObjectUtil.compare(xmlA, xmlB) == 0)   => true

This is NOT correct: $xmlA/root/element1 != $xmlB/root/element1

Can somebody confirm this?  If confirmed, is this by design or am I missing something?

Thanks!

Sam