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`pbackfail` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_stringbuf.h>`

Tries to back up the input sequence.


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Put back a character into the input sequence.


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== Return Value

* eof() on failure, _some other value_ on success
* the character put back, or `traits_type::eof()` on failure

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *__c*
| The character to be inserted back into the sequence.
| *character*
| character to put back, or `traits_type::eof()`
|===

== Postconditions

* The constraints of `gptr(),` `eback(),` and `pptr()` are the same as for `underflow().`


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