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Return `true` if the specified `lhs` shared pointer does not refer to an object, and `false` otherwise&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslstl&lowbar;sharedptr&period;h&gt;`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;class LHS&lowbar;TYPE&gt;
bool
operator&equals;&equals;(
    xref:bsl/shared_ptr-0a.adoc[shared&lowbar;ptr&lt;LHS&lowbar;TYPE&gt;] const& lhs,
    xref:bsl/nullptr_t-08.adoc[nullptr&lowbar;t] nullPointerLiteral) noexcept;
----

== Return Value

`true` if `lhs` does not refer to an object

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| left&hyphen;hand side operand
| *nullPointerLiteral*
| null&hyphen;pointer literal (unused&semi; selects this overload)
|===


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