mutating

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of mutate

adj

1. (not-comparable)Causing or tending to cause mutation.

   “The mutating process that cells undergo can lead to cancer.”

   “std::sort is a mutating algorithm.”

2. (not-comparable)Having the ability to make changes to data other than its makeup.

   “The begin() member of std::string returns a mutating iterator.”