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Emplaces a new value in the optional, destroying the current one if

== Synopsis

Declared in `<beman/optional/optional.hpp>`

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template<class U>
requires (std::is_constructible_v<T&, U> && !detail::reference_constructs_from_temporary_v<T&, U>)
constexpr
T&
emplace(U&& u) noexcept(std::is_nothrow_constructible_v<T &, U>);
----

== Description

Constructs the stored value from `u` if it is convertible to `T&`.

== Return Value

T&


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