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Return whether this `shared_ptr` precedes `other` in owner order.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_sharedptr.h>`

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template<class ANY_TYPE>
bool
owner_before(xref:bsl/shared_ptr-0a.adoc[shared_ptr<ANY_TYPE>] const& other) const noexcept;
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== Description

Return `true` if the address of the `BloombergLP::bslma::SharedPtrRep` object used by this shared pointer is ordered before the address of the `BloombergLP::bslma::SharedPtrRep` object used by the specified `other` shared pointer under the total ordering defined by `std::less<BloombergLP::bslma::SharedPtrRep *>`, and `false` otherwise.

== Return Value

`true` if this pointer's ownership identity precedes `other`

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *other*
| other pointer to compare or share ownership with
|===


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