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Write the specified `value` to the specified output `stream` following the requirements of the BDEX protocol (see the `bslx` package‐level documentation), and return a reference to `stream`. The behavior is undefined unless `TYPE` is BDEX‐compliant.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslx_byteoutstream.h>`

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template<class TYPE>
xref:BloombergLP/bslx/ByteOutStream.adoc[ByteOutStream]&
operator<<(
    xref:BloombergLP/bslx/ByteOutStream.adoc[ByteOutStream]& stream,
    TYPE const& value);
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