            <span class="phrase"><a name="spirit.karma.reference.directive.as.description"></a></span><a class="link" href="as.html#spirit.karma.reference.directive.as.description">Description</a>
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            The <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">as</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>
            class forces the atomic extraction of a container type <code class="computeroutput"><span class="