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Compare two pointers by dereferencing them.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<indirectmap.h>`

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bool
operator()(
    T const a,
    T const b) const;
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== Return Value

true if the value pointed to by a is less than the value pointed to by b.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *a*
| The left‐hand pointer.
| *b*
| The right‐hand pointer.
|===


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