mutating
adj1
Causing or tending to cause mutation.
- The mutating process that cells undergo can lead to cancer.
- std::sort is a mutating algorithm.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences Of an object Having the ability to make changes to data other than its makeup.
- The begin() member of std::string returns a mutating iterator.
- Derived terms
- mutating table, nonmutating