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`buffer` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `&lt;bsls&lowbar;alignedbuffer&period;h&gt;`

Return a the address of the first byte of this object, cast to a `char&ast;` pointer&period;


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char*
xref:BloombergLP/bsls/AlignedBuffer/buffer-02.adoc[buffer]();
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Return a the address of the first byte of this object, cast to a `const char&ast;` pointer&period;


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char const*
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