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Print the initial indentation and opening bracket for this object.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslim_printer.h>`

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void
start(bool suppressBracket = false) const;
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== Description

Print to the output stream supplied at construction `absLevel() * spacesPerLevel()` blank spaces if the `suppressInitialIndentFlag` is `false`, and suppress the initial indentation otherwise. If the optionally specified `suppressBracket` is `false`, print an opening square bracket.

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *suppressBracket*
| if `true`, omit the opening square bracket
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