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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#L1366[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

== Return Value

`true` if `a0 < a1`, otherwise `false`

== Parameters

[cols=2]
|===
| Name
| Description
| *a0*
| The first authority to compare
| *a1*
| The second authority to compare
|===


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