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Return `false`; nullopt never orders after a nullable reference.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_nullablevalueref.h>`

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template<class TYPE>
bool
operator<(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/ConstNullableValueRef.adoc[ConstNullableValueRef<TYPE>] const& lhs,
    xref:bsl/nullopt_t.adoc[bsl::nullopt_t] const& rhs) noexcept;
----

== Description

Return `false`. `bsl::nullopt` never orders after a `ConstNullableValueRef`.

== Return Value

`false`; nullopt never orders after a nullable reference

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| nullable reference (unused)
| *rhs*
| nullopt sentinel (unused)
|===


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