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Return the address of the modifiable lock object under management by this guard, and release the lock from further management by this guard&period; If no lock is currently being managed, return 0 with no other effect&period; Note that this operation does _not_ unlock the lock object (if any) that was under management&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bslmt&lowbar;readlockguard&period;h&gt;`

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T*
release();
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