[#BloombergLP-bsls-AtomicUint-operator_inc-02] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bsls.adoc[bsls]::xref:BloombergLP/bsls/AtomicUint.adoc[AtomicUint]::operator++ :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Atomically increment the value of this object by 1 and return the value prior to being incremented. == Synopsis Declared in `<bsls_atomic.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- unsigned int operator++(int); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#