From: jm@bourguet.org   
      
   Martin Ba <0xcdcdcdcd@gmx.at> writes:   
      
   > I feel it's a very unfortunate design decision that the (comparison)   
   > operators try to save you the dereferencing.   
      
   Are you arguing against   
      
   template   
   bool operator<(optional const& x, optional const& y);   
      
   or against   
      
   template   
   bool operator<(optional const& x, T const& y);   
      
   Considering that the constructor of optional from a T isn't explicit.   
   I could have some sympathy for arguing against the later one which   
   enable addition conversions.   
      
   Yours,   
      
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   Jean-Marc   
      
      
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