mutating

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Verb

1. present participle of mutate#English|mutate

Adjective

mutating (not comparable)

1. Causing or tending to cause mutation.

   The mutating process that cells undergo can lead to cancer.

   std::sort is a mutating algorithm.

2. (programming, 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.

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