diff --git a/include/qpdf/ObjectHandle.hh b/include/qpdf/ObjectHandle.hh
index a69f5ae..1966cd3 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/ObjectHandle.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/ObjectHandle.hh
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ namespace qpdf
 
         // The rest of the header file is for qpdf internal use only.
 
+        // Return true if both object handles refer to the same underlying object.
+        bool
+        operator==(BaseHandle const& other) const
+        {
+            return obj == other.obj;
+        }
+
         // For arrays, return the number of items in the array.
         // For null-like objects, return 0.
         // For all other objects, return 1.
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
index 37b2c60..44c7a6d 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_Array.cc
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::getArrayItem(int n) const
             return newNull();
         }
         objectWarning("returning null for out of bounds array access");
-
     } else {
         typeWarning("array", "returning null");
     }