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    The header <A CLASS="header" HREF="../../../../boost/iostreams/positioning.hpp"><CODE>&lt;boost/iostreams/positioning.hpp&gt;</CODE></A> provides the definition of the integral type <CODE>boost::iostreams::stream_offset</CODE>, capable of holding arbitrary stream offsets on most platforms, together with the definition of two functions, <CODE>offset_to_position</CODE> and <CODE>position_to_offse