22 General utilities library [utilities]

22.10 Function objects [function.objects]

22.10.8 Comparisons [comparisons]

22.10.8.1 General [comparisons.general]

The library provides basic function object classes for all of the comparison operators in the language ([expr.rel], [expr.eq]).
For templates less, greater, less_equal, and greater_equal, the specializations for any pointer type yield a result consistent with the implementation-defined strict total order over pointers ([defns.order.ptr]).
[Note 1: 
If a < b is well-defined for pointers a and b of type P, then (a < b) == less<P>()(a, b), (a > b) == greater<P>()(a, b), and so forth.
— end note]
For template specializations less<void>, greater<void>, less_equal<void>, and greater_equal<void>, if the call operator calls a built-in operator comparing pointers, the call operator yields a result consistent with the implementation-defined strict total order over pointers.