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Return a reference to the modifiable stream held by this logging stream&period; The reference remains valid until this logging stream is destroyed&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;ball&lowbar;log&period;h&gt;`

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std::ostream&
stream();
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== Return Value

reference to the modifiable stream


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