BSON_ITER_VALUE(3)

💅 BSON_ITER_VALUE(3) — the libbson glow-up page

okay so bestie, welcome to bson_iter_value from the libbson manual, section 3. this one's short and sweet and honestly kind of iconic for how much it does with so little 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

const bson_value_t *
bson_iter_value (bson_iter_t *iter);

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• iter — a bson_iter_t. that's it. that's the whole list. slay.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it do?? it fetches the value for the currently observed type as a boxed type. think of it like wrapping your little value in a cute lil box so you can carry it around 🎁

the whole point: this lets you pass the value around without knowing the type at runtime. no cap, that's the superpower. you don't have to be like "is it an int32? a string? a document?" — you just hold the box and vibe.

⚠️ okay but listen: if the bson_iter_t gets further modified, the bson_value_t is invalidated. like, gone. expired. it's giving "borrowed, not yours" energy 😭 so don't go touching the iterator and then expecting your boxed value to still be valid. it won't be, fr fr.

🔥 RETURNS 🔥

a bson_value_t that should not be modified or freed. read it, love it, look at it — but don't change it, and do not free it. it's not yours to free, bestie 🫶

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

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and that's the page!! thanks for coming to my ted talk 💜 this was libbson 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — mwah, periodt ✨🎀🌸