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Return a reference providing modifiable access to the value (of the parameterized `VALUE`) of the element at which this iterator is positioned. The behavior is undefined unless this iterator is at a valid position in the tree.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_treeiterator.h>`

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operator*() const;
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