20 General utilities library [utilities]

20.7 Variants [variant]

20.7.8 monostate relational operators [variant.monostate.relops]

constexpr bool operator<(monostate, monostate) noexcept { return false; } constexpr bool operator>(monostate, monostate) noexcept { return false; } constexpr bool operator<=(monostate, monostate) noexcept { return true; } constexpr bool operator>=(monostate, monostate) noexcept { return true; } constexpr bool operator==(monostate, monostate) noexcept { return true; } constexpr bool operator!=(monostate, monostate) noexcept { return false; }

Note: monostate objects have only a single state; they thus always compare equal. — end note ]