[#AnnotatedMixin-03-operator_not] = xref:AnnotatedMixin-03.adoc[AnnotatedMixin]::operator! :relfileprefix: ../ :mrdocs: For negative capabilities in the Clang Thread Safety Analysis. A negative requirement uses the EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED attribute, in conjunction with the ! operator, to indicate that a mutex should not be held. == Synopsis Declared in `<sync.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- xref:AnnotatedMixin-03.adoc[AnnotatedMixin] const& operator!() const; ---- == Return Value A reference to this mutex, used only for thread‐safety analysis. [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#