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Increment the specified count and return its new periodic value.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bsls_review.h>`

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static
int
updateCount(xref:BloombergLP/bsls/Review/Count.adoc[Count]* count);
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== Description

Increment the specified `count` and return the new value. Instead of overflowing, when the value is sufficiently large, decrement the value so that large values repeat periodically.

== Return Value

new periodic value of the count

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *count*
| atomic failure count to update
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