Let's say I have:

class myClass
std::list<myClass> myList

where myClass does not define the == operator and only consists of public fields.

In both VS2010 and VS2005 the following does not compile:

myClass myClassVal = myList.front();
std::find( myList.begin(), myList.end(), myClassVal )

complaining about lack of == operator.

I naively assumed it would do a value comparison of the myClass object's public members, but I am almost positive this is not correct.

I assume if I define a == operator or perhaps use a functor instead, it will solve the problem.

Alternatively, if my list was holding pointers instead of values, the comparison would work.

Is this right or should I be doing something else?