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 😃