RE: [boost] lexicographic_less

From: Gary Powell (Gary.Powell_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-06-08 14:21:12

> How often have you written an aggregate class from which you needed 
> to use all or some data members to form a sort key for a standard 
> container or algorithm? Happens to me all the time. As such, I 
> propose the following suite of template functions as an addition to 
> utility.hpp (please, someone, suggest a better name!)
> 
Alternatively to the pair suggestion, you could use Jaakko Jarvi's "tuples".
It doesn't have a global operator<(tuple,tuple) but we could add it easy
enough.

-gary-

gary.powell_at_[hidden]

PS
  The tuple code is used in the Lambda library, but is a stand-a-lone
component.