Agent Engineering
Compare-and-Swap
An atomic operation that changes a value only if its current value or version matches an expected one. Comparison and replacement form one indivisible decision at the protected store. It is a building block for coordination, not a substitute for checking every business condition or managing effects outside that store.
Also called: CAS, Compare and swap
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