C / C++ / MFC

bool compare_myObjects(const CMyObject &a, const CMyObject &b) 
{
    return a < b;
}
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instead of accessing the members directly

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bool compare_myObjects(const CMyObject &a, const CMyObject &b) 
{
    return a.x < b.x;
}

bool operator<(const& MyClass lhs, const& MyClass rhs)
{
// insert comparison code here
}
bool operator>(const& MyClass lhs, const& MyClass rhs)
{
// insert comparison code here
}
bool operator==(const& MyClass lhs, const& MyClass rhs)
{
// insert comparison code here
}
etc. etc.

Todd Smith

dump n.

1. An undigested and voluminous mass of information about a problem or the state of a system, especially one routed to the slowest available output device (compare core dump), and most especially one consisting of hex or octal runes describing the byte-by-byte state of memory, mass storage, or some file. In elder days, debugging was generally done by `groveling over' a dump (see grovel); increasing use of high-level languages and interactive debuggers has made such tedium uncommon, and the term `dump' now has a faintly archaic flavor. 2. A backup. This usage is typical only at large timesharing installations.

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