Library: General utilities
plus binary_function
A binary function object that returns the result of adding its first and second arguments
#include <functional> namespace std { template<class T> struct plus; }
plus is a binary function object. Its operator() returns the result of adding x and y. You can pass a plus object to any algorithm that uses a binary function. For example, the transform() algorithm applies a binary operation to corresponding values in two collections and stores the result. plus would be used in that algorithm in the following manner:
vector<int> vec1; vector<int> vec2; vector<int> vecResult; . . . transform(vec1.begin(), vec1.end(), vec2.begin(), vecResult.begin(), plus<int>());
After this call to transform(), vecResult(n) contains vec1(n) plus vec2(n).
namespace std { template<class T> struct plus : binary_function<T, T, T> { T operator() (const T&, const T&) const; }; }
binary_function, Function Objects
ISO/IEC 14882:1998 -- International Standard for Information Systems -- Programming Language C++, Section 20.3.2