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Remove up to `maxNumItems` from the front into `buffer`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlcc_deque.h>`

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void
tryPopFront(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlcc/Deque/size_type.adoc[size_type] maxNumItems,
    std::vector<TYPE>* buffer);
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== Description

Remove up to the specified `maxNumItems` from the front of this container into the specified `buffer`. The removed items are appended to `buffer` as if by repeated application of `buffer‐>push_back(popFront())` while the container is not empty and `maxNumItems` have not yet been removed. Note that `*buffer` is not cleared ‐‐ the popped items are appended after any pre‐existing contents.

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *maxNumItems*
| maximum number of items to remove
| *buffer*
| vector that receives the removed items
|===


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