[#bsl-flush_emit]
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Flush `stream` and emit from a backing `basic_syncbuf` if present.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_ostream.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<
    class CHAR,
    class TRAITS>
basic_ostream<CHAR, TRAITS>&
flush_emit(basic_ostream<CHAR, TRAITS>& stream);
----

== Description

Flush the specified `stream` as if by calling `stream.flush()`. Then, if `stream.rdbuf()` actually points to a `basic_syncbuf<CHAR,TRAITS,ALLOCATOR>` `buf`, call `buf.emit()`. Return `stream`.

== Return Value

a reference to `stream`

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *stream*
| output stream that may wrap a `basic_syncbuf`
|===


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