How does operator 'less than' work with Rectangle objects?

[Ruslan_Shcherbatyuk]

Just found in legacy code the following:

private var firstRect:Rectangle;

private var secondRect:Rectangle;

if (firstRect < secondRect)

{

// do something

}

How does operator 'less than' work with Rectangle objects?

Doc says that object is converted to number if it is not a String.

Rectangle is not a String, though has conversion to String.

Please help.

[Amy_Blankenship]

Probably the best thing to do is to try different rectangle values with different operators until you understand it.

[Ruslan_Shcherbatyuk]

Is there are a chance to know for sure how it works instead of bruteforce rectangles?

[Amy_Blankenship]

IME the best way to know for sure is to experiment. The docs are only one person's best understanding of how things worked on the day, which is seldom 100% accurate. I find that even with code I wrote I can't accurately say 100% of what it does until I've worked with it for a while. Keep in mind that the docs are usually written when the code is written, so  never expect more than a rough idea from the docs.