diff --git a/src/check_builtin.cpp b/src/check_builtin.cpp
index 974224ed2..880de73f5 100644
--- a/src/check_builtin.cpp
+++ b/src/check_builtin.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ gb_global BuiltinTypeIsProc *builtin_type_is_procs[BuiltinProc__type_simple_bool
 	is_type_sliceable,
 	is_type_comparable,
 	is_type_simple_compare,
+	is_type_nearly_simple_compare,
 	is_type_dereferenceable,
 	is_type_valid_for_keys,
 	is_type_valid_for_matrix_elems,
@@ -6145,6 +6146,7 @@ gb_internal bool check_builtin_procedure(CheckerContext *c, Operand *operand, As
 	case BuiltinProc_type_is_sliceable:
 	case BuiltinProc_type_is_comparable:
 	case BuiltinProc_type_is_simple_compare:
+	case BuiltinProc_type_is_nearly_simple_compare:
 	case BuiltinProc_type_is_dereferenceable:
 	case BuiltinProc_type_is_valid_map_key:
 	case BuiltinProc_type_is_valid_matrix_elements:
diff --git a/src/check_expr.cpp b/src/check_expr.cpp
index 6723a7580..51fb5511b 100644
--- a/src/check_expr.cpp
+++ b/src/check_expr.cpp
@@ -6533,7 +6533,7 @@ gb_internal bool evaluate_where_clauses(CheckerContext *ctx, Ast *call_expr, Sco
 							Entity *e = entry.value;
 							switch (e->kind) {
 							case Entity_TypeName: {
-								if (print_count == 0) error_line("\n\tWith the following definitions:\n");
+								// if (print_count == 0) error_line("\n\tWith the following definitions:\n");
 
 								gbString str = type_to_string(e->type);
 								error_line("\t\t%.*s :: %s;\n", LIT(e->token.string), str);
diff --git a/src/checker_builtin_procs.hpp b/src/checker_builtin_procs.hpp
index 8e135ab10..e9655e88a 100644
--- a/src/checker_builtin_procs.hpp
+++ b/src/checker_builtin_procs.hpp
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ BuiltinProc__type_simple_boolean_begin,
 	BuiltinProc_type_is_sliceable,
 	BuiltinProc_type_is_comparable,
 	BuiltinProc_type_is_simple_compare, // easily compared using memcmp
+	BuiltinProc_type_is_nearly_simple_compare, // easily compared using memcmp (including floats)
 	BuiltinProc_type_is_dereferenceable,
 	BuiltinProc_type_is_valid_map_key,
 	BuiltinProc_type_is_valid_matrix_elements,
@@ -621,6 +622,7 @@ gb_global BuiltinProc builtin_procs[BuiltinProc_COUNT] = {
 	{STR_LIT("type_is_sliceable"),         1, false, Expr_Expr, BuiltinProcPkg_intrinsics},
 	{STR_LIT("type_is_comparable"),        1, false, Expr_Expr, BuiltinProcPkg_intrinsics},
 	{STR_LIT("type_is_simple_compare"),    1, false, Expr_Expr, BuiltinProcPkg_intrinsics},
+	{STR_LIT("type_is_nearly_simple_compare"), 1, false, Expr_Expr, BuiltinProcPkg_intrinsics},
 	{STR_LIT("type_is_dereferenceable"),   1, false, Expr_Expr, BuiltinProcPkg_intrinsics},
 	{STR_LIT("type_is_valid_map_key"),     1, false, Expr_Expr, BuiltinProcPkg_intrinsics},
 	{STR_LIT("type_is_valid_matrix_elements"), 1, false, Expr_Expr, BuiltinProcPkg_intrinsics},
diff --git a/src/types.cpp b/src/types.cpp
index 2e696810d..9ffd10ca8 100644
--- a/src/types.cpp
+++ b/src/types.cpp
@@ -2559,6 +2559,62 @@ gb_internal bool is_type_simple_compare(Type *t) {
 	return false;
 }
 
+// NOTE(bill): type can be easily compared using memcmp or contains a float
+gb_internal bool is_type_nearly_simple_compare(Type *t) {
+	t = core_type(t);
+	switch (t->kind) {
+	case Type_Array:
+		return is_type_nearly_simple_compare(t->Array.elem);
+
+	case Type_EnumeratedArray:
+		return is_type_nearly_simple_compare(t->EnumeratedArray.elem);
+
+	case Type_Basic:
+		if (t->Basic.flags & (BasicFlag_SimpleCompare|BasicFlag_Numeric)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (t->Basic.kind == Basic_typeid) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+
+	case Type_Pointer:
+	case Type_MultiPointer:
+	case Type_SoaPointer:
+	case Type_Proc:
+	case Type_BitSet:
+		return true;
+
+	case Type_Matrix:
+		return is_type_nearly_simple_compare(t->Matrix.elem);
+
+	case Type_Struct:
+		for_array(i, t->Struct.fields) {
+			Entity *f = t->Struct.fields[i];
+			if (!is_type_nearly_simple_compare(f->type)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+
+	case Type_Union:
+		for_array(i, t->Union.variants) {
+			Type *v = t->Union.variants[i];
+			if (!is_type_nearly_simple_compare(v)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		// make it dumb on purpose
+		return t->Union.variants.count == 1;
+
+	case Type_SimdVector:
+		return is_type_nearly_simple_compare(t->SimdVector.elem);
+
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 gb_internal bool is_type_load_safe(Type *type) {
 	GB_ASSERT(type != nullptr);
 	type = core_type(core_array_type(type));