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Helper function to access the contained object of a std::any instance. Returns a pointer to the object if passed instance has a value and the type matches, nullptr otherwise.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<util/any.h>`

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template<typename T>
T*
AnyPtr(std::any const& any) noexcept;
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== Return Value

A pointer to the contained T*, or nullptr when empty or of a different type.

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *any*
| The std::any instance to inspect.
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