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Return whether the left iterator precedes the right (see free `operator<`).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_compactedarray.h>`

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template<>
bool
operator<(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator] const&,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator] const&);
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