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Idiom #33 Atomically read and update variable

Assign to the variable x the new value f(x), making sure that no other thread may modify x between the read and the write.

x = f(x);

Dart is single-threaded. Other threads run in separate isolates.
(def x (atom 0))
(def f inc)
(swap! x f)

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