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[#boost-urls-authority_view-08friend-076]

= xref:boost.adoc[pass:[boost]]::xref:boost/urls.adoc[pass:[urls]]::operator<


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


== Synopsis

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

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,macros,-callouts"]
----
friend
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