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Cast the specified `ref` to `AnyConstRef`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlar_anycastutil.h>`

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static
xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef.adoc[AnyConstRef]
toAnyConstRef(xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/SimpleTypeConstRef.adoc[SimpleTypeConstRef] const& ref);
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== Return Value

an `AnyConstRef` for the simple type referred to by `ref`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *ref*
| simple‐type const reference to wrap as `AnyConstRef`
|===


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