mutating

English

Verb

mutating

  1. present participle and gerund of 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.

Derived terms

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