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Advance this iterator to the next element and return its previous value.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_list.h>`

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operator++(int postfix);
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== Description

The behavior is undefined unless this iterator is in the range `[begin() .. end())]` for some list (i.e., the iterator is not singular, is not `end()`, and has not been invalidated).

== Return Value

previous value of this iterator

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *postfix*
| unused parameter distinguishing the postfix operator
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