er">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">io_service</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">get_io_service</span><span class="special">();</span>
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          This function may be used to obtain the <a class="link" href="../io_service.html" title="io_service"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">io_service</span></code></a> object that the I/O
          object uses to dispatch handlers for asynchronous operations.
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