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ForwardAsBase

ForwardAsBase will cast a reference to an rvalue reference of a base type.

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References

Module	Core
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Core/Public/Templates/UnrealTemplate.h
Include	#include "Templates/UnrealTemplate.h"

Syntax

template<typename T, typename Base, decltype(ImplicitConv< const volatile Base * >((typename TRemoveReference< T >::Type *) nullptr))*>
decltype(auto) ForwardAsBase
(
typename TRemoveReference< T >::Type & Obj
)

Remarks

ForwardAsBase will cast a reference to an rvalue reference of a base type. This allows the perfect forwarding of a reference as a base class.

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