[#BloombergLP-bdlb-operator_eq-0101]
= xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlb.adoc[bdlb]::operator==
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Grant the equality comparison operator access to this class's private members.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_variant.h>`

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----
template<class VARIANT_TYPES>
bool
operator==(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/VariantImp.adoc[VariantImp<VARIANT_TYPES>] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/VariantImp.adoc[VariantImp<VARIANT_TYPES>] const& rhs);
----

[NOTE]
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This function is a https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/friend[hidden friend] of xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/VariantImp_AllocatorBase.adoc[VariantImp_AllocatorBase], declared only inside that class: it can be found only through argument-dependent lookup.
====

== Return Value

`true` if `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value, and `false` otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| left‐hand operand
| *rhs*
| right‐hand operand
|===


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