How to compare DataAssets safely?

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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Suppose I have:
class UFaction : UDataAsset
{
//various fields defining faction stuff
}

And now on an actor I may have a reference to which faction they belong to:
UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere)
UFaction* Faction;

If I had two actors, what would be a safe way to decide if they belong to the same faction? If I just compare the pointers am I guaranteed that they will be the same if they were assigned the same faction asset in the editor?

2

Use name comparison:

if (FactionA->GetFName() == FactionB->GetFName())
{
... same faction
}
3

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4

Sorry, I meant CDO name, so

if (FactionA->GetClass()->GetDefaultObject()->GetFName()....
5

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