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`begin` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_vector.h>`

Return an iterator providing modifiable access to the first element in this vector, or the past‐the‐end iterator if this vector is empty.


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Return an iterator providing non‐modifiable access to the first element in this vector, and the past‐the‐end iterator if this vector is empty.


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== Return Value

* iterator providing modifiable access to the first element, or past‐the‐end if empty
* const iterator to the beginning, or past‐the‐end if empty


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