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`the` overloads

== Synopses

Declared in `<balcl_optionvalue.h>`

Return a reference providing modifiable access to the underlying variant object of this command‐line‐option value object.


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Return a `const` reference to the value of this command line option.


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== Return Value

* reference providing modifiable access to the held value
* `const` reference to the held value


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