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Produce a compile&hyphen;time error informing the caller that the parameterized `TYPE` is not supported as the parameter for the call&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdldfp&lowbar;decimalutil&period;h&gt;`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template&lt;class TYPE&gt;
static
char const*
flatten(TYPE const&);
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