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Extract the raw pointer from a pointer‐like value.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<absl/memory/memory.h>`

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template<typename T>
decltype(std::addressof(*ptr))
RawPtr(T&& ptr);
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== Description

Extracts the raw pointer from a pointer‐like value `ptr`. `absl::RawPtr` is useful within templates that need to handle a complement of raw pointers, `std::nullptr_t`, and smart pointers.

== Return Value

The underlying raw pointer, or `nullptr` if `ptr` is null.

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *ptr*
| The pointer‐like value to extract from.
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