std::atomic_ref<T>::operator++,++(int),--,--(int)

 

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std::atomic_ref

Member functions

atomic_ref::atomic_ref

atomic_ref::operator=

atomic_ref::is_lock_free

atomic_ref::store

atomic_ref::load

atomic_ref::operator value_type

atomic_ref::exchange

atomic_ref::compare_exchange_strongatomic_ref::compare_exchange_weak

atomic_ref::wait

atomic_ref::notify_one

atomic_ref::notify_all

atomic_ref::address (C++26)

Operations for arithmetic types (except bool and pointer-to-object)

atomic_ref::fetch_add

atomic_ref::fetch_sub

atomic_ref::operator+=atomic_ref::operator-=

Operations for integral types (except bool and pointer-to-object)

atomic_ref::fetch_max (C++26)

atomic_ref::fetch_min (C++26)

atomic_ref::operator++atomic_ref::operator++(int)atomic_ref::operator--atomic_ref::operator--(int)

Operations for integral types (except bool)

atomic_ref::fetch_and

atomic_ref::fetch_or

atomic_ref::fetch_xor

atomic_ref::operator&=atomic_ref::operator|=atomic_ref::operator^=

Constants

atomic_ref::is_always_lock_free

atomic_ref::required_alignment

 

Provided only when T is an integral type other than cv bool or a pointer-to-object type
value_type operator++() const noexcept;	(1)	(since C++20)
value_type operator++( int ) const noexcept;	(2)	(since C++20)
value_type operator--() const noexcept;	(3)	(since C++20)
value_type operator--( int ) const noexcept;	(4)	(since C++20)

Atomically increments or decrements the current value of the referenced object. These operations are read-modify-write operations.

1) Performs atomic pre-increment. Equivalent to return fetch_add(1) + 1;.

2) Performs atomic post-increment. Equivalent to return fetch_add(1);.

3) Performs atomic pre-decrement. Equivalent to return fetch_sub(1) - 1;

4) Performs atomic post-decrement. Equivalent to return fetch_sub(1);.

• For signed integral types, arithmetic is defined to use two’s complement representation. There are no undefined results.
• For pointer-to-object types, the result may be an undefined address, but the operations otherwise have no undefined behavior. The program is ill-formed if std::remove_pointer_t<T> is not a complete object type.

These overloads participate in overload resolution only if std::is_const_v<T> is false.

Return value

1,3) The value of the referenced object after the modification.

2,4) The value of the referenced object before the modification.

Notes

Unlike most pre-increment and pre-decrement operators, the pre-increment and pre-decrement operators for atomic_ref do not return a reference to the modified object. They return a copy of the stored value instead.

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

DR	Applied to	Behavior as published	Correct behavior
LWG 3508 (P3323R1)	C++20	increment and decrement operators were meaningless for const T	constrained to accept only non-const T

See also

fetch_add	atomically adds the argument to the value stored in the referenced object and obtains the value held previously (public member function)
fetch_sub	atomically subtracts the argument from the value stored in the referenced object and obtains the value held previously (public member function)
operator+=operator-=	atomically adds to or subtracts from the referenced value (public member function)
operator&=operator|=operator^=	atomically performs bitwise AND, OR, XOR with the referenced value (public member function)