IVE EXAMPLES]  See also end().<br><br>

The begin() method is const-overloaded.  By default, a non-const iterator
is returned.  A const iterator is returned only when the vector itself
is const.
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<b>T_vector        copy()   const</b><br><br>
Returns a copy of the vector.  A new block of memory is allocated, and
the vector copy is guaranteed to have unit stride.
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<b>T_iterator      end()</b><br><br>
Returns an STL-compliant iterator positioned at the end of the
vector's 