Boost C++ Libraries

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This is the documentation for a snapshot of the develop branch, built from commit ec9f6e560b.

Retrieves the underlying value as a blob or throws an exception.

constexpr blob_view
as_blob() const;

Strong guarantee. Throws on type mismatch.

Type	Thrown On
`bad_field_access`	If `!this->is_blob()`

The returned view has the same lifetime rules as *this (it's valid as long as *this is valid).