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Return the address of the specified `obj`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bsls_util.h>`

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template<class TYPE>
static
TYPE*
addressOf(TYPE& obj);
----

== Description

Return the address of the specified `obj`, even if `operator&` is overloaded for objects of type `BSLS_TYPE`. Behavior is undefined unless `BSLS_TYPE` is an object type. Note that this function conforms to the C++11 definition for `addressof` as specified in the section 20.6.12.1[specialized.addressof] of the C++11 standard, except that function types, which are not object types, are supported by `std::addressof` in C++11.

== Return Value

address of `obj`

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *obj*
| object whose address is returned
|===


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