Hi Here is a patch to add irreflexive debug check. Standard algos signatures are such that there is no guaranty that the operator < or predicate to compare the iterator value type will exist. So I had to check if the call is valid using C++11 features declval and decltype. * include/debug/formatter.h (_Debug_msg_id::__msg_irreflexive_ordering): New enum entry. * include/debug/functions.h (_Irreflexive_checker): New. (__is_irreflexive, __is_irreflexive_pred): New. * include/debug/macros.h (__glibcxx_check_irreflexive, __glibcxx_check_irreflexive_pred): New macros. * include/debug/debug.h (__glibcxx_requires_irreflexive, __glibcxx_requires_irreflexive_pred): New macros, use latter. * include/bits/stl_algo.h (partial_sort_copy): Add irreflexive debug check. (partial_sort_copy): Likewise. (lower_bound): Likewise. (upper_bound): Likewise. (equal_range): Likewise. (binary_search): Likewise. (inplace_merge): Likewise. (includes): Likewise. (next_permutation): Likewise. (prev_permutation): Likewise. (is_sorted_until): Likewise. (minmax_element): Likewise. (partial_sort): Likewise. (nth_element): Likewise. (sort): Likewise. (merge): Likewise. (stable_sort): Likewise. (set_union): Likewise. (set_intersection): Likewise. (set_difference): Likewise. (set_symmetric_difference): Likewise. (min_element): Likewise. (max_element): Likewise. * include/bits/stl_algobase.h (lower_bound): Likewise. (lexicographical_compare): Likewise. * include/bits/stl_heap.h (push_heap): Likewise. (pop_heap): Likewise. (make_heap): Likewise. (sort_heap): Likewise. (is_heap_until): Likewise. Ok to commit ? François