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Initialize the specified `buffer` with the type name contained in the specified `functionName`, where `functionName` is the function name of the `NameOf` constructor&period; Return either a pointer to `buffer`, or if `buffer` couldn&apos;t be properly initialized, `functionName`&period;

== Synopsis

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

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----
static
char const*
initBuffer(
    char* buffer,
    char const* functionName);
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