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Return a reference to the specified `obj`&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;bdlf&lowbar;memfn&period;h&gt;`

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----
template&lt;class TYPE&gt;
static
OBJTYPE&
deref(TYPE const& obj);
----

== Return Value

reference to `OBJTYPE` obtained from `obj`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *obj*
| object or pointer&hyphen;like value to convert to a reference
|===


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