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Encode `datum` as JSON into `result` as a `std::pmr::string`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<baljsn_datumutil.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
static
int
encode(
    std::pmr::string* result,
    xref:BloombergLP/bdld/Datum.adoc[bdld::Datum] const& datum);
----

== Description

Same as the preceding overload, loading into a `std::pmr::string`.

== Return Value

0 on success, a negative value on failure, or a positive value if `strictTypes` is enabled and an unsupported type is encoded

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *result*
| receives the encoded JSON string
| *datum*
| `Datum` to encode
|===


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