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= xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bdlc.adoc[bdlc]::operator++
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Advance `iterator` and return its prior value (see free `operator++`).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_compactedarray.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
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template<>
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator]
operator++(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator]& iterator,
    int unused);
----

[NOTE]
====
This function is a https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/friend[hidden friend] of xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator], declared only inside that class: it can be found only through argument-dependent lookup.
====

== Return Value

iterator referring to the prior position

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *iterator*
| iterator to advance
| *unused*
| unused postfix discriminator
|===


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