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Return the result of comparing two authorities        The authorities are compared component        by component as if they were first        normalized.

== Synopsis


Declared in `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/authority_view.hpp#L1286[boost/url/authority_view.hpp]>`

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----
bool
operator<(
    xref:boost/urls/authority_view.adoc[authority_view] const& a0,
    xref:boost/urls/authority_view.adoc[authority_view] const& a1) noexcept;
----

== Description



=== Complexity

Linear in `min( a0.size(), a1.size() )`


=== Exception Safety

Throws nothing





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