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Decrement this iterator to refer to the previous location in the referenced array, and return a reference to this iterator _after_ the decrementation. The returned iterator, `it`, referencing a `CompactedArray` `array`, remains valid as long as `0 <= it ‐ array.begin() <= array.length()`. The behavior is undefined unless, on entry, `CompactedArray_ConstIterator() != *this` and `0 < *this ‐ array.begin()`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_compactedarray.h>`

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