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Atomically decrement the specified `atomicInt` by 1 and return the resulting value, providing the acquire/release memory ordering guarantee.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bsls_atomicoperations_default.h>`

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static
int
decrementIntNvAcqRel(AtomicTypes::Int* atomicInt);
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== Return Value

value of `atomicInt` after the decrement

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *atomicInt*
| atomic integer to modify
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