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Equality operators

== Synopses

Declared in `<balcl_commandline.h>`

Return `true` if the `type` of the specified `lhs` and `rhs` are equal, and return `false` if they are not equal.


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bool
xref:BloombergLP/balcl/operator_eq-0b1.adoc[operator==](
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OptionValue_NullOf.adoc[OptionValue_NullOf] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OptionValue_NullOf.adoc[OptionValue_NullOf] const& rhs);
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Return `true` if the specified `lhs` and `rhs` objects have the same value, and `false` otherwise.


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bool
xref:BloombergLP/balcl/operator_eq-0d.adoc[operator==](
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OptionValue.adoc[OptionValue] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OptionValue.adoc[OptionValue] const& rhs);
----

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Return `true` if the specified `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value.


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bool
xref:BloombergLP/balcl/operator_eq-07.adoc[operator==](
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/TypeInfo.adoc[TypeInfo] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/TypeInfo.adoc[TypeInfo] const& rhs);
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Return `true` if the specified `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value.


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bool
xref:BloombergLP/balcl/operator_eq-0a.adoc[operator==](
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OccurrenceInfo.adoc[OccurrenceInfo] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OccurrenceInfo.adoc[OccurrenceInfo] const& rhs);
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Return whether `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value.


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bool
xref:BloombergLP/balcl/operator_eq-0b2.adoc[operator==](
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OptionInfo.adoc[OptionInfo] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/OptionInfo.adoc[OptionInfo] const& rhs);
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Return `true` if the specified `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value.


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bool
xref:BloombergLP/balcl/operator_eq-09.adoc[operator==](
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/Option.adoc[Option] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/Option.adoc[Option] const& rhs);
----

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Return `true` if the specified `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value, and `false` otherwise.


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bool
xref:BloombergLP/balcl/operator_eq-06.adoc[operator==](
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/CommandLine_SchemaData.adoc[CommandLine_SchemaData] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/CommandLine_SchemaData.adoc[CommandLine_SchemaData] const& rhs);
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Return `true` if the specified `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value, and `false` otherwise.


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bool
xref:BloombergLP/balcl/operator_eq-0e.adoc[operator==](
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/CommandLineOptionsHandle.adoc[CommandLineOptionsHandle] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/CommandLineOptionsHandle.adoc[CommandLineOptionsHandle] const& rhs);
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Return `true` if the specified `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value.


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bool
xref:BloombergLP/balcl/operator_eq-01.adoc[operator==](
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/CommandLine.adoc[CommandLine] const& lhs,
    xref:BloombergLP/balcl/CommandLine.adoc[CommandLine] const& rhs);
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[.small]#xref:BloombergLP/balcl/operator_eq-01.adoc[_» more..._]#

== Return Value

* `true` if `lhs` and `rhs` have the same `type`, and `false` otherwise
* `true` if `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value, and `false` otherwise

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| left‐hand operand
| *rhs*
| right‐hand operand
|===


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