Check emitted event with BN

Question

I'm currently testing events that include numeric values:

const level = new BN(1);
truffleAssert.eventEmitted(tx, 'EventName', {level});

As you can see, the level variable is a BN, and holds the correct value, I've already checked that. However two BN objects seem not to be equal when comparing through eventEmitted.

I know I can do it in the following way:

const level = new BN(1);
truffleAssert.eventEmitted(tx, 'EventName', e => e.level.toString() === level.toString());

However this second way is less intuitive, longer to write, harder to maintain and definitely much dirtier.

Do you guys know if there's a workaround to make this work using objects rather than filter functions?

Answer 1

Actually never mind, I just found the solution, which is definitely not very intuitive. I leave it here in case it can help someone.

const level = web3.utils.toBN(1);  // <------ we must use this function
truffleAssert.eventEmitted(tx, 'EventName', {level});  // now this works

So just using web3.utils.toBN suffices.