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Assign to this object the specified `value` of template parameter `SOURCE_TYPE` converted to template parameter `TYPE`, and return a reference providing modifiable access to this object. The value currently held by this variant (if any) is destroyed if that value's type is not the same as `TYPE`. `TYPE` must be the same as one of the types that this variant can hold and `SOURCE_TYPE` must be convertible to `TYPE`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlb_variant.h>`

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----
template<
    class TYPE,
    class SOURCE_TYPE>
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assignTo(SOURCE_TYPE const& value);
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