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Return a const iterator to the first element, or `end` if empty.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_list.h>`

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== Description

Return an iterator providing non‐modifiable access to the first `value_type` object in the ordered sequence of `value_type` objects maintained by this list, or the `end` iterator if this list is empty.

== Return Value

const iterator to the beginning, or past‐the‐end if empty


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