[variant.monostate.relops] # 22 General utilities library [[utilities]](./#utilities) ## 22.6 Variants [[variant]](variant#monostate.relops) ### 22.6.9 monostate relational operators [variant.monostate.relops] [🔗](#lib:operator==,monostate) `constexpr bool operator==(monostate, monostate) noexcept { return true; } constexpr strong_ordering operator<=>(monostate, monostate) noexcept { return strong_ordering::equal; } ` [1](#1) [#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/utilities.tex#L6932) [*Note [1](#note-1)*: monostate objects have only a single state; they thus always compare equal[.](#1.sentence-1) — *end note*]