diff --git a/web/func_equal.go b/web/func_equal.go
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+++ b/web/func_equal.go
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+package web
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+func isFunc(fn interface{}) bool {
+	return reflect.ValueOf(fn).Kind() == reflect.Func
+}
+
+/*
+This is more than a little sketchtacular. Go's rules for function pointer
+equality are pretty restrictive: nil function pointers always compare equal, and
+all other pointer types never do. However, this is pretty limiting: it means
+that we can't let people reference the middleware they've given us since we have
+no idea which function they're referring to.
+
+To get better data out of Go, we sketch on the representation of interfaces. We
+happen to know that interfaces are pairs of pointers: one to the real data, one
+to data about the type. Therefore, two interfaces, including two function
+interface{}'s, point to exactly the same objects iff their interface
+representations are identical. And it turns out this is sufficient for our
+purposes.
+
+If you're curious, you can read more about the representation of functions here:
+http://golang.org/s/go11func
+We're in effect comparing the pointers of the indirect layer.
+*/
+func funcEqual(a, b interface{}) bool {
+	if !isFunc(a) || !isFunc(b) {
+		panic("funcEqual: type error!")
+	}
+
+	av := reflect.ValueOf(&a).Elem()
+	bv := reflect.ValueOf(&b).Elem()
+
+	return av.InterfaceData() == bv.InterfaceData()
+}
diff --git a/web/func_equal_test.go b/web/func_equal_test.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/web/func_equal_test.go
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+package web
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// To tell you the truth, I'm not actually sure how many of these cases are
+// needed. Presumably someone with more patience than I could comb through
+// http://golang.org/s/go11func and figure out what all the different cases I
+// ought to test are, but I think this test includes all the cases I care about
+// and is at least reasonably thorough.
+
+func a() string {
+	return "A"
+}
+func b() string {
+	return "B"
+}
+func mkFn(s string) func() string {
+	return func() string {
+		return s
+	}
+}
+
+var c = mkFn("C")
+var d = mkFn("D")
+var e = a
+var f = c
+var g = mkFn("D")
+
+type Type string
+
+func (t *Type) String() string {
+	return string(*t)
+}
+
+var t1 = Type("hi")
+var t2 = Type("bye")
+var t1f = t1.String
+var t2f = t2.String
+
+var funcEqualTests = []struct {
+	a, b   func() string
+	result bool
+}{
+	{a, a, true},
+	{a, b, false},
+	{b, b, true},
+	{a, c, false},
+	{c, c, true},
+	{c, d, false},
+	{a, e, true},
+	{a, f, false},
+	{c, f, true},
+	{e, f, false},
+	{d, g, false},
+	{t1f, t1f, true},
+	{t1f, t2f, false},
+}
+
+func TestFuncEqual(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	for _, test := range funcEqualTests {
+		r := funcEqual(test.a, test.b)
+		if r != test.result {
+			t.Errorf("funcEqual(%v, %v) should have been %v",
+				test.a, test.b, test.result)
+		}
+	}
+	h := mkFn("H")
+	i := h
+	j := mkFn("H")
+	k := a
+	if !funcEqual(h, i) {
+		t.Errorf("h and i should have been equal")
+	}
+	if funcEqual(h, j) {
+		t.Errorf("h and j should not have been equal")
+	}
+	if !funcEqual(a, k) {
+		t.Errorf("a and k should not have been equal")
+	}
+}