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Destroy the specified `object` of the parameterized `TARGET_TYPE`, as if by calling the `TARGET_TYPE` destructor, but do not deallocate the memory occupied by `object`. Note that the destructor may deallocate other memory owned by `object`. Also note that this function is a no‐op if the `TARGET_TYPE` has the trivial destructor trait.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslalg_scalarprimitives.h>`

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template<class TARGET_TYPE>
static
void
destruct(TARGET_TYPE* object);
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== Description

DEPRECATED: Use `bslma::DestructionUtil::destroy` instead.


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