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Meta‐function that converts an array type to a pointer type.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmf_arraytopointer.h>`

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template<class t_TYPE>
struct ArrayToPointer;
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== Description

This meta‐function provides a nested `Type` alias that is a pointer to the element type when the (template parameter) `t_TYPE` is an array, and is `t_TYPE` itself otherwise. CV‐qualifiers of the original type are retained.

== Type Aliases

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bslmf/ArrayToPointer-0e/Type.adoc[`Type`] 
| This `typedef` is an alias for the pointer type corresponding to `t_TYPE` when `t_TYPE` is an array, and for `t_TYPE` otherwise.
|===


== Specializations

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bslmf/ArrayToPointer-0f.adoc[`ArrayToPointer<t_TYPE&>`] 
| This partial specialization of `ArrayToPointer` for lvalue references converts the referenced array type to a pointer type.
|===



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