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operator==, <=>(std::reference_wrapper)

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friend constexpr bool
    operator==( reference_wrapper lhs, reference_wrapper rhs );
(1) (since C++26)
friend constexpr bool
    operator==( reference_wrapper lhs, reference_wrapper<const T> rhs );
(2) (since C++26)
friend constexpr bool
    operator==( reference_wrapper lhs, const T& ref );
(3) (since C++26)
friend constexpr auto
    operator<=>( reference_wrapper lhs, reference_wrapper rhs );
(4) (since C++26)
friend constexpr auto
    operator<=>( reference_wrapper lhs, reference_wrapper<const T> rhs );
(5) (since C++26)
friend constexpr auto
    operator<=>( reference_wrapper lhs, const T& ref );
(6) (since C++26)

Performs comparison operations on reference_wrapper objects.

1,2) Compares two reference_wrapper objects. The objects compare equal if and only if lhs.get() and rhs.get() are equal.
  • Both overloads participate in overload resolution only if lhs.get() == rhs.get() is well-formed and its result is convertible to bool.
  • The overload (2) participates in overload resolution only if std::is_const_v<T> is false.
3) Compares reference_wrapper object with a reference. The parameters compare equal if and only if lhs.get() is equal to ref.
  • The overload (3) participates in overload resolution only if lhs.get() == ref is well-formed and its result is convertible to bool.
4) Compares two reference_wrapper objects as if by synth-three-way(lhs.get(), rhs.get()). The return type is synth-three-way-result<T>. This overload participates in overload resolution only if the return type is well-formed.
5) Compares two reference_wrapper objects as if by synth-three-way(lhs.get(), rhs.get()). The return type is synth-three-way-result<T>. This overload participates in overload resolution only if std::is_const_v<T> is false and the return type is well-formed.
6) Compares reference_wrapper object with a reference as if by synth-three-way(lhs.get(), ref). The return type is synth-three-way-result<T>. This overload participates in overload resolution only if the return type is well-formed.

The <, <=, >, >=, and != operators are synthesized from operator<=> and operator== respectively.

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[edit] Parameters

lhs, rhs - reference_wrapper object to compare
ref - reference to compare to the reference_wrapper object

[edit] Return value

1,2) lhs.get() == rhs.get().
3) lhs.get() == ref.
4,5) synth-three-way(lhs.get(), rhs.get()).
6) synth-three-way(lhs.get(), ref).

[edit] Exceptions

Throws when and what the comparison throws.

[edit] Notes

The return types of (4-6) are deduced from return statements to avoid hard error when instantiating a std::reference_wrapper<T> with synth-three-way-result<T> being ill-formed.

Feature-test macro Value Std Feature
__cpp_lib_reference_wrapper 202403L (C++26) Comparisons for std::reference_wrapper

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