#include <list>
  container operator=(const container& c2);
  bool operator==(const container& c1, const container& c2);
  bool operator!=(const container& c1, const container& c2);
  bool operator<(const container& c1, const container& c2);
  bool operator>(const container& c1, const container& c2);
  bool operator<=(const container& c1, const container& c2);
  bool operator>=(const container& c1, const container& c2);

All of the C++ containers can be compared and assigned with the standard comparison operators: ==, !=, <=, >=, <, >, and =. Performing a comparison or assigning one list to another takes linear time.

Two lists are equal if:

1. Their size is the same, and
2. Each member in location i in one list is equal to the the member in location i in the other list.

Comparisons among lists are done lexicographically.