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Return `true` if the specified `index` is currently in use.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlc_indexclerk.h>`

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bool
isInUse(int index) const;
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== Description

Return `true` if the specified `index` is currently in use, and `false` otherwise. The behavior is undefined unless `0 <= index` and `index < nextNewIndex()`. Note that this method runs in time proportional to the number of decommissioned indices.

== Return Value

`true` if `index` is in use, and `false` otherwise

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *index*
| index to test for current use
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