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`begin` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bdlc_flathashmap.h>`

Return an iterator to the first element in the sequence of modifiable elements maintained by this map, or the `end` iterator if this map is empty.


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Return a `const_iterator` to the first element in the sequence of elements maintained by this map, or the `end` iterator if this map is empty.


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