MiniObject.replace

Atomically modifies a pointer to point to a new mini-object. The reference count of @olddata is decreased and the reference count of @newdata is increased.

Either @newdata and the value pointed to by @olddata may be %NULL.

class MiniObject
static
bool
replace

Parameters

olddata MiniObject

pointer to a pointer to a mini-object to be replaced

newdata MiniObject

pointer to new mini-object

Return Value

Type: bool

%TRUE if @newdata was different from @olddata

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