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Return a modifiable pointer to the target if its type is `TP`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_function_rep.h>`

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template<class TP>
TP*
target() const noexcept;
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== Description

If `typeid(TP) == this‐>target_type()`, return a pointer offering modifiable access to this object's target; otherwise return a null pointer. Note that this function is `const` but returns a non‐`const` pointer because, according to the C++ Standard, `function` (and therefore this representation) does not adhere to logical constness conventions.

== Return Value

modifiable pointer to the target if `TP` matches, else null


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