NAME¶

std::less - std::less

Synopsis¶

Defined in header <functional>
template<> (since C++14)
class less<void>;

std::less<> is a specialization of std::less with parameter and return type deduced.

Implementation-defined strict total order over pointers

The function call operator yields the implementation-defined strict total order over
pointers if the < operator between arguments invokes a built-in comparison operator
for a pointer, even if the built-in < operator does not.

The implementation-defined strict total order is consistent with the partial order
imposed by built-in comparison operators (
<=>,
(since C++20)<, >, <=, and >=), and consistent among following standard function
objects:

* std::less, std::greater, std::less_equal, and std::greater_equal, when the
template argument is a pointer type or void

* std::ranges::equal_to, std::ranges::not_equal_to,
std::ranges::less, std::ranges::greater, std::ranges::less_equal, (since C++20)
std::ranges::greater_equal, and std::compare_three_way

Member types¶

Member type Definition
is_transparent /* unspecified */

Member functions¶

operator() tests if the lhs compares less than rhs
(public member function)

std::less<>::operator()

template< class T, class U>

constexpr auto operator()( T&& lhs, U&& rhs ) const

-> decltype(std::forward<T>(lhs) < std::forward<U>(rhs));

Returns the result of std::forward<T>(lhs) < std::forward<U>(rhs).

Parameters¶

lhs, rhs - values to compare

Return value¶

The result of std::forward<T>(lhs) < std::forward<U>(rhs).

If the comparison between both arguments resolves to a built-in comparison operator
for a pointer type, the implementation-defined strict total order is used for
comparison after converting both arguments to pointers.

Exceptions¶

May throw implementation-defined exceptions.

Notes¶

The member type is_transparent indicates to the caller that this function object is
a transparent function object: it accepts arguments of arbitrary types and uses
perfect forwarding, which avoids unnecessary copying and conversion when the
function object is used in heterogeneous context, or with rvalue arguments. In
particular, template functions such as std::set::find and std::set::lower_bound make
use of this member type on their Compare types.

Example¶

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