[#bsl-optional-072-2constructor-03e] = xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::xref:bsl/optional-072.adoc[optional]::optional :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Create an `optional` object whose contained value is initialized by forwarding from the specified `value`. Use the specified `allocator` to supply memory. Note that this constructor participates in overload resolution only when `t_TYPE` is constructible from `t_ANY_TYPE`, and is explicit only when `t_ANY_TYPE` is not implicitly convertible to `t_TYPE`. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslstl_optional.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template<class t_ANY_TYPE = t_TYPE> explicit optional( std::allocator_arg_t, xref:bsl/optional-072.adoc[AllocType] allocator, t_ANY_TYPE&& value); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#