        <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">first</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">past</span><span class="special">)</span></code> is of <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>linear
          time</strong></span></em></span> in the number <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">k</span></code>
          of iterators in range <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[</span><span class="ident