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Return a `bdld::Datum` map from the specified `entries`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdld_datummaker.h>`

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template<typename... ENTRIES>
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m(ENTRIES const&... entries) const;
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== Description

Return a `bdld::Datum` object containing a map of the specified `entries`. The `entries` are supplied as pairs (odd number of `sizeof...(entries)` being an error) where the first specified element is the key, and the second is its corresponding value. The behavior is undefined if the same key is supplied more than once.

== Return Value

a `Datum` containing the map

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *entries*
| alternating keys and values
|===


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