def diff(self, other, **kwargs):
        """Compare an object with another.  This specializes
        :py:meth:`Record.diff` by returning a :py:class:`JsonDiff` object.
        """
        return JsonDiff(
            base_type_name=type(self).__name__,
            other_type_name=type(other).__name__,
            values=self.diff_iter(other, **kwargs),
        )