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Return an `AnyConstRef` to the base‐type representation of the specified `ref`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlar_customizedtypetraits.h>`

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----
xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef.adoc[AnyConstRef] const&
bdlat_customizedTypeConvertToBaseType(xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/CustomizedTypeConstRef.adoc[CustomizedTypeConstRef] const& ref);
----

== Return Value

an `AnyConstRef` to the base‐type representation of `ref`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *ref*
| const customized‐type reference to convert
|===


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