+/**
+ * gst_caps_is_strictly_equal:
+ * @caps1: a #GstCaps
+ * @caps2: another #GstCaps
+ *
+ * Checks if the given caps are exactly the same set of caps.
+ *
+ * This function deals correctly with passing NULL for any of the caps.
+ *
+ * Returns: TRUE if both caps are strictly equal.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.36
+ */
+gboolean
+gst_caps_is_strictly_equal (const GstCaps * caps1, const GstCaps * caps2)
+{
+ int i;
+ /* FIXME 0.11: NULL pointers are no valid Caps but indicate an error
+ * So there should be an assertion that caps1 and caps2 != NULL */
+
+ /* NULL <-> NULL is allowed here */
+ if (G_UNLIKELY (caps1 == caps2))
+ return TRUE;
+
+ /* one of them NULL => they are different (can't be both NULL because
+ * we checked that above) */
+ if (G_UNLIKELY (caps1 == NULL || caps2 == NULL))
+ return FALSE;
+
+ if (GST_CAPS_LEN (caps1) != GST_CAPS_LEN (caps2))
+ return FALSE;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < GST_CAPS_LEN (caps1); i++) {
+ if (!gst_structure_is_equal (gst_caps_get_structure_unchecked (caps1, i),
+ gst_caps_get_structure_unchecked (caps2, i)))
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ return TRUE;
+}
+