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`front` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_string.h>`

Return a reference providing modifiable access to the character at the first position in this string. The behavior is undefined if this string is empty.


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char16_t&
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Return a reference providing non‐modifiable access to the character at the first position in this string. The behavior is undefined if this string is empty.


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char16_t const&
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