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Assign to this object the value of the specified `rhs`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdld_manageddatum.h>`

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== Description

Assign to this object the value of the specified `rhs` object, and return a non‐`const` reference to this object. This operation performs a `clone` of the underlying `Datum`, see {Value Semantics} for more detail.

== Return Value

non‐`const` reference to this object

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *rhs*
| value to assign
|===


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