[#BloombergLP-bsls-AtomicUint64-operator_dec-07] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bsls.adoc[bsls]::xref:BloombergLP/bsls/AtomicUint64.adoc[AtomicUint64]::operator‐‐ :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Atomically decrement the value of this object by 1 and return the resulting value. == Synopsis Declared in `<bsls_atomic.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:BloombergLP/bsls/Types/Uint64.adoc[Types::Uint64] operator‐‐(); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#