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Decrement `iterator` and return its prior value (see free `operator‐‐`).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_compactedarray.h>`

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template<>
xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator]
operator‐‐(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlc/CompactedArray_ConstIterator.adoc[CompactedArray_ConstIterator]&,
    int);
----


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