diff --git a/python/egglog/declarations.py b/python/egglog/declarations.py
index 73c6aaf..deeeafd 100644
--- a/python/egglog/declarations.py
+++ b/python/egglog/declarations.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Literal, Protocol, TypeAlias, TypeVar, Union, runtime_checkable
+from functools import cached_property
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, ClassVar, Literal, Protocol, TypeAlias, TypeVar, Union, cast, runtime_checkable
+from weakref import WeakValueDictionary
 
 from typing_extensions import Self, assert_never
 
@@ -569,29 +571,46 @@ class CallDecl:
     # Used for pretty printing classmethod calls with type parameters
     bound_tp_params: tuple[JustTypeRef, ...] | None = None
 
+    # pool objects for faster __eq__
+    _args_to_value: ClassVar[WeakValueDictionary[tuple[object, ...], CallDecl]] = WeakValueDictionary({})
+
+    def __new__(cls, *args: object, **kwargs: object) -> Self:
+        """
+        Pool CallDecls so that they can be compared by identity more quickly.
+
+        Neccessary bc we search for common parents when serializing CallDecl trees to egglog to
+        only serialize each sub-tree once.
+        """
+        # normalize the args/kwargs to a tuple so that they can be compared
+        callable = args[0] if args else kwargs["callable"]
+        args_ = args[1] if len(args) > 1 else kwargs.get("args", ())
+        bound_tp_params = args[2] if len(args) > 2 else kwargs.get("bound_tp_params")
+
+        normalized_args = (callable, args_, bound_tp_params)
+        try:
+            return cast(Self, cls._args_to_value[normalized_args])
+        except KeyError:
+            res = super().__new__(cls)
+            cls._args_to_value[normalized_args] = res
+            return res
+
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         if self.bound_tp_params and not isinstance(self.callable, ClassMethodRef | InitRef):
             msg = "Cannot bind type parameters to a non-class method callable."
             raise ValueError(msg)
 
-    # def __hash__(self) -> int:
-    #     return self._cached_hash
-
-    # @cached_property
-    # def _cached_hash(self) -> int:
-    #     return hash((self.callable, self.args, self.bound_tp_params))
-
-    # def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
-    #     # Override eq to use cached hash for perf
-    #     if not isinstance(other, CallDecl):
-    #         return False
-    #     if hash(self) != hash(other):
-    #         return False
-    #     return (
-    #         self.callable == other.callable
-    #         and self.args == other.args
-    #         and self.bound_tp_params == other.bound_tp_params
-    #     )
+    def __hash__(self) -> int:
+        return self._cached_hash
+
+    @cached_property
+    def _cached_hash(self) -> int:
+        return hash((self.callable, self.args, self.bound_tp_params))
+
+    def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
+        return self is other
+
+    def __ne__(self, other: object) -> bool:
+        return self is not other
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)