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Dereference operators

== Synopses

Declared in `<bdlb_nullableallocatedvalue.h>`

Return a reference providing modifiable access to the underlying `TYPE` object. The behavior is undefined if the object has no value.


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TYPE&
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Return a reference providing non‐modifiable access to the underlying `TYPE` object. The behavior is undefined if the object has no value.


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TYPE const&
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