add package testcapture, package assert (minimal implementation)

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diff --git a/assert/equal.go b/assert/equal.go
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+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Stefan Majewsky <majewsky@gmx.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package assert
+
+import "reflect"
+
+// Equal checks whether both supplied values are equal according to the rules of [reflect.DeepEqual].
+func Equal[V any](t TestingTB, actual, expected V) bool {
+	if reflect.DeepEqual(actual, expected) {
+		return true
+	}
+	t.Helper()
+	t.Errorf("expected %#v, but got %#v", expected, actual)
+	return false
+}