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mutating

mutating

English

Verb

mutating

present participle of mutate

Adjective

mutating ‎(not comparable)

Causing or tending to cause mutation.

The mutating process that cells undergo can lead to cancer.

std::sort is a mutating algorithm.
(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.