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Make this shared pointer manage the same modifiable object as the specified `rhs` shared pointer to the (template parameter) type `COMPATIBLE_TYPE`, use the same deleter as `rhs`, and refer to `(ELEMENT_TYPE *)rhs.get()`; return a reference providing modifiable access to this shared pointer. Note that if `rhs` is empty, then this shared pointer will also be empty after the assignment. Also note that if `*this` is the same object as `rhs`, then this method has no effect.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_sharedptr.h>`

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