[Boost-users] String compare (instead of just less) that returns -1, 0 or 1

From: Olaf van der Spek (olafvdspek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-05 07:10:55

Hi,

Does Boost contain a (string) compare function that returns -1 if a <
b, 0 if a == b and 1 if a > b?
Doing both < and == sounds like a lot of extra work in for example
sorting algorithms.