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Forward the specified `t` argument as a `const` lvalue reference when `t_MODEL` is a `const` lvalue reference type.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmf_util.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
template<
    class t_MODEL,
    class t_TYPE>
[[nodiscard]]
constexpr
static
bsl::remove_reference<t_TYPE>::type const&
forward_like(
    t_TYPE&& t,
    void* = 0) noexcept
requires bsl::is_lvalue_reference<t_MODEL>::value &&
          bsl::is_const<
            typename bsl::remove_reference<t_MODEL>::type>::value;
----

== Return Value

[NOTE]
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The return value https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/nodiscard[should not be discarded^].
====

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