[#bsl-operator_eq-0cd9]
= xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::operator==
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Return whether `lhs` and `rhs` refer to the same object.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_sharedptr.h>`

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----
template<
    class LHS_TYPE,
    class RHS_TYPE>
bool
operator==(
    xref:bsl/shared_ptr-0a.adoc[shared_ptr<LHS_TYPE>] const& lhs,
    xref:bsl/shared_ptr-0a.adoc[shared_ptr<RHS_TYPE>] const& rhs) noexcept;
----

== Description

Return `true` if the specified `lhs` shared pointer refers to the same object (if any) as that referred to by the specified `rhs` shared pointer (if any), and `false` otherwise; a compiler diagnostic will be emitted indicating the error unless a (raw) pointer to `LHS_TYPE` can be compared to a (raw) pointer to `RHS_TYPE`. Note that two shared pointers that compare equal do not necessarily manage the same object due to aliasing.

== Return Value

`true` if `lhs` and `rhs` refer to the same object

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *lhs*
| left‐hand side operand
| *rhs*
| right‐hand side operand
|===


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