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`begin` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<bslstl_multimap.h>`

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


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


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== Return Value

* modifiable iterator to the first element, or `end()`
* const iterator to the first element, or `end()`


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