[Python] How to compare objects based on their superclass

How do I check for equality using super-class-level comparison?

from dataclasses import dataclass

@dataclass(order=True)
class Base:
foo: int

@dataclass(order=True)
class X(Base):
x: str

@dataclass(order=True)
class Y(Base):
y: float

x = X(0, "x")
y = Y(1, 1.0)


How do I compare x and y on their Base attributes only?

Base.__eq__(x,y) seems to do the job, is this the "pythonic" way?

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