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Return the base&hyphen;type representation of the specified `ref`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlar&lowbar;customizedtypetraits&period;h&gt;`

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----
xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/AnyConstRef.adoc[AnyConstRef] const&
bdlat&lowbar;customizedTypeConvertToBaseType(xref:BloombergLP/bdlar/CustomizedTypeRef.adoc[CustomizedTypeRef] const& ref);
----

== Return Value

an `AnyConstRef` to the base&hyphen;type representation of `ref`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *ref*
| customized&hyphen;type reference to convert
|===


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