26.4, the generalized numeric operations such as accumulate, are extended + with the following functions: +
+ power (x, n); + power (x, n, moniod_operation);
Returns, in FORTRAN syntax, "x ** n" where n>=0. In the + case of n == 0, returns the identity element for the + monoid operation. The two-argument signature uses multiplication (for + a true "power" implementation), but addition is supported as well. + The operation functor must be associative. +
The iota function wins the award for Extension With the
+ Coolest Name. It "assigns sequentially increasing values to a range.
+ That is, it assigns value to *first, value + 1 to *(first + 1) and so
+ on." Quoted from SGI documentation.
+
+ void iota(_ForwardIter first, _ForwardIter last, _Tp value);