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# next()

Produces the next element in the prefix-while sequence.

```
mutating func next() async rethrows -> Base.Element?
```

## Discussion

If the predicate hasn’t yet failed, this method gets the next element
from the base sequence and calls the predicate with it. If this call
succeeds, this method passes along the element. Otherwise, it returns
`nil`, ending the sequence.

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