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`the` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `&lt;balcl&lowbar;optionvalue&period;h&gt;`

Return a reference providing modifiable access to the underlying variant object of this command&hyphen;line&hyphen;option value object&period; The behavior is undefined unless `OptionType&colon;&colon;e&lowbar;VOID !&equals; type()`, `OptionType&colon;&colon;TypeToEnum&lt;TYPE&gt;&colon;&colon;value &equals;&equals; type()`, and `false &equals;&equals; isNull()`&period;


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Return a `const` reference to the value of this command line option&period; The behavior is undefined unless `OptionType&colon;&colon;e&lowbar;VOID !&equals; type()`, `OptionType&colon;&colon;typeToEnum&lt;TYPE&gt;&colon;&colon;value &equals;&equals; type()`, and `false &equals;&equals; isNull()`&period;


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