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# pointee

Retrieve or set the `Pointee` instance referenced by `self`.

```
var pointee: Pointee { get nonmutating set }
```

## Discussion

`AutoreleasingUnsafeMutablePointer` is assumed to reference a value with
`__autoreleasing` ownership semantics, like `NSFoo **` declarations in
ARC. Setting the pointee autoreleases the new value before trivially
storing it in the referenced memory.

> Precondition: the pointee has been initialized with an instance of type
> `Pointee`.

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