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Create a variant with the type and value of `original`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_variant.h>`

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----
Variant(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlb/Variant.adoc[Variant] const& original,
    xref:BloombergLP/bslma/Allocator.adoc[bslma::Allocator]* basicAllocator = 0);
----

== Description

Optionally specify a `basicAllocator` used to supply memory. If `basicAllocator` is 0, the currently installed default allocator is used.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *original*
| source variant to copy or move from
| *basicAllocator*
| allocator used to supply memory
|===


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