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Parse the format specification contained in the specified `parseContext` and return an iterator, pointing to the beginning of the unparsed section of the format string. Throw a `bsl::format_error` exception if the specification does not conform to the grammar documented at the top of this component.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_guidformatter.h>`

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template<class t_PARSE_CONTEXT>
constexpr
t_PARSE_CONTEXT::iterator
parse(t_PARSE_CONTEXT& parseContext);
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