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Return a reference to the non‐modifiable element at the front of this queue. The reference will remain valid as long as this queue is not destroyed or modified (e.g., via `insert`, `remove`, or `append`). The behavior is undefined if this queue is empty. Note that this function is logically equivalent to: ` operator `

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_queue.h>`

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T const&
front() const;
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