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Atomically retrieve the value of the specified `atomicPtr`, providing the sequential consistency memory ordering guarantee.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bsls_atomicoperations_default.h>`

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static
void*
getPtr(AtomicTypes::Pointer const* atomicPtr);
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== Return Value

current value of `atomicPtr`

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *atomicPtr*
| atomic pointer whose value is read
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