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Compound operations are operations that consist of more than one discrete operation. Expressions that include postfix andor prefix increment ({{\+\+}}), postfix or prefix decrement ({{\-\-}}), or compound assignment operators always result in compound operations. Compound assignment expressions use operators such as {{*=, /=, %=, +=, -=, <<=, >>=, >>>=, ^=}} and {{|=}} \[[JLS 05|AA. Java References#JLS 05]\]. Compound operations on shared variables must be performed atomically to prevent [data races|BB. Definitions#data race] and [race conditions|BB. Definitions#race conditions]. |
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