private boolean valEquals(final K a, final K b) {
    return a == b;
  }
Adds elements to this type-specific list using optimized system calls.

@param index the index at which to add elements.
@param a the array containing the elements.
@param offset the offset of the first element to add.
@param length the number of elements to add.
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/IdentityArrayList.java