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Return `true` if the specified `lhs` nullable object is ordered before the specified `rhs`, and `false` otherwise&period; `lhs` is ordered before `rhs` if `lhs` is null or `lhs&period;value()` is ordered before `rhs`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlb&lowbar;nullableallocatedvalue&period;h&gt;`

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----
template&lt;
    class LHS&lowbar;TYPE,
    class RHS&lowbar;TYPE&gt;
bool
operator&lt;(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/NullableAllocatedValue.adoc[NullableAllocatedValue&lt;LHS&lowbar;TYPE&gt;] const& lhs,
    RHS&lowbar;TYPE const& rhs);
----


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