[#bsl-optional-072-2constructor-09e] = xref:bsl.adoc[bsl]::xref:bsl/optional-072.adoc[optional]::optional :relfileprefix: ../../ :mrdocs: Explicitly create an `optional` from the specified `original` using the specified `allocator`. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslstl_optional.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template<class t_ANY_TYPE> explicit optional( std::allocator_arg_t, xref:bsl/optional-072.adoc[AllocType] allocator, xref:bsl/optional-072.adoc[optional<t_ANY_TYPE>] const& original); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#