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Create the default `MetricsManager` instance and return the address of the modifiable created instance&period; Optionally specify a `basicAllocator` used to supply memory&period; If `basicAllocator` is 0, the currently installed global allocator is used&period; The behavior is undefined unless `0 &equals;&equals; MetricsManager&colon;&colon;instance()` prior to calling this method, or if this method is called from one thread while another thread is attempting to access the default metrics manager instance (i&period;e&period;, this method is _not_ thread&hyphen;safe)&period; Note that the returned default metrics manager instance is not configured with a publisher&semi; clients must create a `Publisher` and add it to the default metrics manager in order to publish metrics&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;balm&lowbar;defaultmetricsmanager&period;h&gt;`

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create(xref:BloombergLP/bslma/Allocator.adoc[bslma::Allocator]* basicAllocator = 0);
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